Music is indeed the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.

Music is indeed the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.

Ludwig van Beethoven

I shall hear in heaven.

I shall hear in heaven.

Do you think I give a damn about your and your pathetic violin?

Do you think I give a damn about your and your pathetic violin?

Music is like a dream. One that I cannot hear.

Music is like a dream. One that I cannot hear.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Don't only practise your art, but force your way into its secrets.

Don't only practise your art, but force your way into its secrets.

I know of no more sacred duty than to rear and educate a child.

I know of no more sacred duty than to rear and educate a child.

Only art and science can raise men to the level of God.

Only art and science can raise men to the level of God.

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

Even in poverty I lived like a king for I tell you that nobility is the thing that makes a king

Even in poverty I lived like a king for I tell you that nobility is the thing that makes a king

Hide your secret even from the closest friend; learn to be silent.

Hide your secret even from the closest friend; learn to be silent.

Music can change the world.

Music can change the world.

An artist is someone who has learned to trust in himself.

An artist is someone who has learned to trust in himself.

To play without passion is inexcusable!

To play without passion is inexcusable!

Life would be flat without music. It is the background to all I do. It speaks to the heart in its own special way like nothing else.

Life would be flat without music. It is the background to all I do. It speaks to the heart in its own special way like nothing else.

I wish you music to help with the burdens of life ,and to help you release your happiness to others.

I wish you music to help with the burdens of life ,and to help you release your happiness to others.

What I have in my heart and soul - must find a way out. That's the reason for music.

What I have in my heart and soul - must find a way out. That's the reason for music.

Mary is the sure path to our meeting with Christ. Devotion to the Mother of the Lord, when it is genuine, is always an impetus to a life guided by the spirit and values of the Gospel.

Mary is the sure path to our meeting with Christ. Devotion to the Mother of the Lord, when it is genuine, is always an impetus to a life guided by the spirit and values of the Gospel.

The future is in your hearts and in your hands. God is entrusting to you the task, at once difficult and uplifting, of working with Him in the building of the civilization of love.

The future is in your hearts and in your hands. God is entrusting to you the task, at once difficult and uplifting, of working with Him in the building of the civilization of love.