Spirit & Sound Texts September 1995

"If a fool can see his own folly,
he in this at least is wise;
but the fool who thinks he is wise,
he indeed is the real fool.

The fool who does evil to a man who is good,
to a man who is pure and free from sin,
the evil returns to him
like the dust thrown against the wind.

Let him find what is right
and then he can teach it to others,
avoiding thus
useless pain."

Dhammapada

"Octavus sanctos omnes docet esse beatos"
(The Octave teaches all Saints to be Blessed)

inscription on a column in the abbey church of Cluny

"Assuming that an absolutely correct and complete explanation of music,
accounting for all the details, were to be conceptualized . . . that would also immediately be a satisfactory...explanation of the world - in other words, true philosophy."

Arthur Schopenhauer

"There are two fundamental cosmic truths: sound and non-sound.
The inner sound only receives manifestation in the outer sound.
This is therefore the way."

The Upanishads