From desire I plunge to its fulfilment, where I long once more for desire.

If ever the Divine appeared on earth, it was in the person of Christ.

Everyone only hears what he understands.

Reality surpasses imagination; and we see, breathing, brightening, and moving before our eyes sights dearer to our hearts than any we ever beheld in the land of sleep.

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.

Even the lowliest, provided he is whole, can be happy, and in his own . way, perfect.

A great artist... must be shaken by the naked truths that will not be comforted. This divine discontent, this disequilibrium, this state of inner tension is the source of artistic energy.