The oldest, truest, most beautiful organ of music, the origin to which alone our music owes its being, is the human voice.

Imagination creates reality.

Plant life instead of animal food is the keystone of regeneration. Jesus used bread instead of flesh and wine in place of blood at the Lord's Supper.

The language of tones belongs equally to all mankind, and melody is the absolute language in which the musician speaks to every heart.

...music is the living God in our bosoms.

One might say that where Religion becomes artificial, it is reserved for Art to save the spirit of religion.

Human dignity begins to assert itself only at the point where man is distinguishable from the beast by pity for it.