Music is the shorthand of emotion. Emotions, which let themselves be described in words with such difficulty, are directly conveyed to man in music, and in that is its power and significance.

… for nightinggales - we know - can’t live on fairytales.

Act as if you are, and you will become such.

Talent is the capacity to direct concentrated attention upon the subject: "the gift of seeing what others have not seen.

The kinder and the more thoughtful a person is, the more kindness he can find in other people.

Joy can only be real if people look upon their life as a service and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.

To know God and to live is the same thing. God is Life.