Say what we may of the inadequacy of translation, yet the work is and will always be one of the weightiest and worthiest undertakings in the general concerns of the world.

If nature is your teacher, your soul will awaken.

A good man, through obscurest aspirations Has still an instinct of the one true way.

By seeking and blundering we learn.

And we went our separate ways without having understood each other. As in this world nobody understands the other easily.

Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity, and here has its greatest effect on life, an effect that remains the same through all ages and epochs. Secular music should be cheerful throughout.

Everywhere, we learn only from those whom we love.