Quotes from John Powell

We cannot "psychologize" the grace of God. God's actions are outside and above our human sciences.

God is to us like the sky to a small bird, which cannot see its outer limits and cannot reach its distant horizons, but can only lose itself in the greatness and immensity of the blueness.

By afflictions God is spoiling us of what otherwise might have spoiled us. When he makes the world too hot for us to hold, we let it go.

Life is something like a remarkable, exciting puzzle. It comes piece by piece in packages marked days.

What are the "ifs" and "buts" that limit my enjoyment of life?

Old cranks have practiced all their lives, just as old saints have likewise practiced all their lives. They just practiced different life principles.

Communication works for those who work at it.

A person can grow only as much as his horizon allows.

Let us consider the reason of the case. For nothing is law that is not reason.

To live fully, we must learn to use things and love people, and not love things and use people.

He who has learned how to laugh at himself shall never cease to be entertained.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

Human beings, like plants, grow in the soil of acceptance, not in the atmosphere of rejection

Jako poslucha?i ale kupodivu nedáváme ?istotÄ› pÃ…â"¢ednost pÃ…â"¢ed jejím opakem. Složitý zvuk houslí nebo saxofonu máme stejnÄ› rádi jako ?istÅ¡í témbry flétny, harfy a xylofonu. Totéž platí u zpÄ›vák?. Líbí se nám zlato v hrdle dÄ›tské hvÄ›zdi?ky i oraÅ¡plované hlasivky Louise Armstronga.

Výborný klavírista zahraje akord vÅ¡emi pÄ›ti prsty jedné prsty jedné ruky a jedním z nich pÃ…â"¢itom udeÃ…â"¢í d?raznÄ›ji, aby nota melodie zaznÄ›la hlasitÄ›ji než zbylé ?tyÃ…â"¢i.

Rozhodovat, zda je jeden zvuk právÄ› dvakrát silnÄ›jÅ¡í než druhý, je stejnÄ› t?žké jako soudit, zda je jeden vtip právÄ› dvakrát legra?nÄ›jÅ¡í než druhý.

Dokonce badatel v oboru potÃ…â"¢ebuje kalkula?ku a pár minut, aby vám spo?ítal rozdíl hlasitosti mezi 53 decibely a 87 decibely.

Necvi?ený hlas má rozsah kolem dvou oktáv.

A maior parte do talento musical advém mais da formação do que da inspiração.

A música afeta as nossas emoções e pode levantar-nos ou baixar-nos o moral. Um bom exemplo disto é a forma como as bandas sonoras dos filmes nos dão pistas sobre como reagirmos à cena que estamos a ver – romance, humor e tensão são ampliados pela música que os acompanha.

Pentatonické ladÄ›ní harfy je hudebním protÄ›jÅ¡kem vynálezu kola.

O jazz moderno e a música clássica moderna, por vezes, fazem questão em usar cinco, sete, onze, etc. pulsações por compasso (muitas vezes apenas para terem um ar inteligente e invulgar) mas são poucos os êxitos realmente populares.

Dnes už v hudbÄ› oceníme ob?asné zaskÃ…â"¢ípání, ale dávné kultury k tomu jeÅ¡tÄ› nedospÄ›ly a sta?ilo jim pÄ›t not do stupnice.

Em música há imensas questões técnicas. Se estivermos a escrever para instrumentos que nós próprios não tocamos, precisamos de aprender imenso acerca deles se queremos que a música seja interpretável.