If I Weren't The Way I Am,

That Which Draws Us By Its Mystical Force; What Every Created Thing, Even The Very Stones, Feels With Absolute Certainty As The Center Of Its Being... Is The Force Of Love. Christians Call This "eternal Blessedness." It Is A Necessity Of Man For Growth And Joy.

You Must Renounce All Superficiality, All Convention, All Vanity And Delusion.

To Judge A Composer's Work, One Must Consider It As A Whole.

For The Last Month I Have Been A Strict Vegetarian. The Moral Effects Of This Regime Are Immense, Owing To The Voluntary Subjugation Of The Flesh And The Resulting Absence Of Desires. You Will Appreciate How Full I Am Of This Idea When I Tell You That I Expect It To Work The Regeneration Of Mankind. I Advise You To Change Over To A Natural Way Of Life, With Proper Nourishment (wholemeal Bread), And You Will Soon Feel The Benefit.

Tradition Is Tending The Flame, Not Worshiping The Ashes.