Truth is like…

If the truth is unpalatable for people, it is not truth’s fault. It is theirs. Truth is like a glaring light to eyes that of grown weak. Be careful not to make truth even more painful and disagreeable by neglecting to speak it lovingly.
–Guigo I (c. 1083-1136)

 

Without the music…

When the words come, they are merely empty shells without the music. They live as they are sung, for the words are the body and the music the spirit.
–Saint Hildegarde of Bingen (1098-1179)