Price of Blessing

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.