I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well.

Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul.

A Composition on the Piano

Old concept: Love is blind. Marriage is an eye opener. New concept: Love is not blind - it simply enables one to see things others fail to see.

Harmony is next to Godliness

The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul.

It cannot remain unmentioned that so many poorly equipped boys, and boys who have no talent at all for music, have been accepted into the school to date that the quality of music has necessarily declined and deteriorated. And those who do bring a few precepts with them when they come to school are not ready to be used immediately.