How often do I lull my seething blood to rest, for you have never seen anything so unsteady, so uncertain, as this heart.

Higher yet and higher out of clouds and night, nearer yet and nearer rising to the light - light, serene and holy where my soul may rest, purified and lowly, sanctified and blest.

The greatest joy of a thinking man is to have searched the explored and to quietly revere the unexplored.

You'll never attain it unless you know the feeling.

The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be quite commonplace.

Mannerism always wants to be finished and doesn't enjoy the process. Genuine, truly great talent, however, finds its greatest satisfaction in the production.

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.