The soul is a triple virtue, which, by means of the powers that it governs, forms, develops and modifies the sum total of the constituent forces of the body.

The body is that combination of co-penetrating forces whose inherent powers govern all acts under the triple impulse of the constituent forces of the being.

The immanences are powers which, under the impulse of the constituent virtues of the being, govern and modify the co-penetrating forces of the body.

The powers govern the forces under the impulse of the virtues.

The virtues are the impulses under the sway of which the powers govern and direct the forces.

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Light is the symbol of order, of peace, of virtue.

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Science and art form two means of assimilation:  The one by means of absorption, the other by means of emanation.  The one, more generous than the other, gives and communicates; the other unceasingly receives and appeals.  Science receives, art gives.  By science man assimilates the world; by art he assimilates himself to the world.  Assimilation is to science what incarnation is to art.

If science perpetuates things in us, art perpetuates us in things and causes us to survive therein.

If by science man makes himself preeminent in subjugating the things of this world, by art he renders them supernatural by impressing upon them the living characters of his being and of his soul.

Art is an act by which life lives again in that which in itself has no life.

Art should move the secret springs of life, convince the mind and persuade the heart.

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    Beauty purifies the sense,
    Truth illuminates the mind,
    Virtue sanctifies the soul.

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The more lofty the intellect, the more simple the speech. (So in art.)

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Accent is the modulation of the soul.

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The artist who does not love, is by that fact rendered sterile.

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Art is a regenerating or delighting power.

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Routine is the most formidable thing I know.

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If you would move others, put your heart in the place of your larynx; let your voice become a mysterious hand to caress the hearer.

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Nothing is more deplorable than a gesture without a motive.

Perhaps the best gesture is that which is least apparent.

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There is always voice enough to an attentive listener.

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