It is our firm conviction that mankind will live the happier when it has learned to live with music more worthily. Whoever works to promote this end, in one way or another, has not lived in vain.

There is no complete spiritual life without music, for the human soul has regions which can be illuminated only by music.

The laws of morals and the laws of music are the same

Teach music and singing at school in such a way that it is not a torture but a joy for the pupil; instill a thirst for finer music in him, a thirst which will last for a lifetime.

Often a single experience will open the young soul to music for a whole lifetime

Music is nourishment, and a comforting elixir. Music multiplies the beauty of life and all its values.

Singing connected with movements and action is a much more ancient, and, at the same time, more complex phenomenon than is a simple song.