False ideals cannot be shattered by criticism. Right ideals must take up the battle against them.

Between too early and too late, there is never more than a moment.

Religion is the everlasting dialogue between humanity and God. Art is its soliloquy.

Yes, death is strong, but look you, the strongest, Stronger is music than death

It is my fervent wish and my greatest ambition to leave a work with a few useful instructions for the pianists after me.

I did not compose my work as one might put on a church vestment... rather it sprung from the truly fervent faith of my heart, such as I have felt it since my childhood.