The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul.

I play the notes as they are written, but it is God who makes the music.

There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.

Where there is devotional music, God is always at hand with His gracious presence.

If you accomplish something good with hard work, the labour passes quickly, but the good endures; if you do something shameful in pursuit of pleasure, the pleasure passes quickly, but the shame endures.

-- Gaius Musonius Rufus

If you carve without ceasing, even metal and stone can be engraved.

-- Xunzi

If you are born poor it's not your mistake, but if you die poor it's your mistake.

-- Bill Gates

The conditions of surrender are so much better than the conditions of success. This is why successful people are rare.

-- Jensen Huang

Only about one percent of my work truly succeeded. Ninety-nine percent was failure. That one percent made me who I am.

-- Sōichirō Honda

It only becomes failure when you stop. Keep going until you succeed, and it becomes success.

-- Kōnosuke Matsushita