I have always kept one end in view, namely … to conduct a well-regulated church music to the honour of God.

Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer, 1685 – 1750)

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

Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer, 1685 – 1750)

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

Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer, 1685 – 1750)

“If a man is not made for God, why is he happy only in God?”

Blaise Pascal (Physicist, Philosopher 1623 – 1662)

“There is nothing that we can see on earth which does not either show the wretchedness of man or the mercy of God. One either sees the powerlessness of man without God, or the strength of man with God.”

Blaise Pascal (Physicist, Philosopher 1623 – 1662)

“[Unbelievers] think they have made great efforts to get at the truth when they have spent a few hours in reading some book out of Holy Scripture, and have questioned some cleric about the truths of the faith. After that, they boast that they have searched in books and among men in vain.”

Blaise Pascal (Physicist, Philosopher 1623 – 1662)

“We should seek the truth without hesitation; and, if we refuse it, we show that we value the esteem of men more than the search for truth.”

Blaise Pascal (Physicist, Philosopher 1623 – 1662)

“Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. Love still stands when all else has fallen.”

Blaise Pascal (Physicist, Philosopher 1623 – 1662)

“We make an idol of truth itself, for truth apart from charity is not God, but his image and an idol that we must not love or worship.”

Blaise Pascal (Physicist, Philosopher 1623 – 1662)

“There are only two types of people: the virtuous who believe themselves to be sinners and the sinners who believe themselves to be virtuous.”

Blaise Pascal (Physicist, Philosopher 1623 – 1662)