Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.
My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.
The reproduction of mankind is a great marvel and mystery. Had God consulted me in the matter, I should have advised him to continue the generation of the species by fashioning them out of clay.
Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God.
Nothing good ever comes of violence.
When schools flourish, all flourishes.
Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God.
War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.
To gather with God's people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer.
You should not believe your conscience and your feelings more than the word which the Lord who receives sinners preaches to you.
The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid.
Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.
Peace if possible, truth at all costs.
Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.
People must have righteous principals in the first, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions.