There Is No Loftier Mission Than To

There Is No Loftier Mission Than To Approach The Divinity Nearer Than Other Men, And To Disseminate The Divine Rays Among Mankind.

Applaud My Friends, The Comedy Is Over... [on His Death Bed]

I Carry My Thoughts About Me For A Long Time, Often A Very Long Time, Before I Write Them Down; Meanwhile My Memory Is So Faithful That I Am Sure Never To Forget, Not Even In Years, A Theme That Has Once Occurred To Me.

Music Can Change The World.

Music Is The Mediator Between The Spiritual And The Sensual Life. Although The Spirit Be Not Master Of That Which It Creates Through Music, Yet It Is Blessed In This Creation, Which, Like Every Creation Of Art, Is Mightier Than The Artist.