Quotes About Harmony

Accomplish more by working less.

Outer order contributes to inner calm." Why is this true? Perhaps it's the tangible sense of control, or the relief from visual noise, or the release from guilt. In the span of a happy life, having a messy desk or an overflowing closet is clearly trivial, and yet creating order gives a disproportionate boost of energy and cheer.

Eliminating clutter makes the burden of daily life feel lighter...

To rise above treeline is to go above thought, and after, the descent back into bird song, bog orchids, willows, and firs is to sink into the preliterate parts of ourselves. Losing myself to it-if I can- I do not fall, or if I do, I'm only another waterfall. Collected in: Sisters of the Earth: Women's Prose and Poetry About Nature by Lorraine Anderson

everything in nature invites us constantly to be what we are

But it's peculiar, as soon as I am in the midst of nature and by myself, everything that is base and trivial vanishes without trace. On such days nothing scares me; and this helps me again and again.

I tried to discover, in the rumor of forests and waves, words that other men could not hear, and I pricked up my ears to listen to the revelation of their harmony.

I'm no more modern than ancient, no more French than Chinese, and the idea of a native country, that is to say, the imperative to live on one bit of ground marked red or blue on the map and to hate the other bits in green or black, has always seemed to me narrow-minded, blinkered and profoundly stupid. I am a soul brother to everything that lives, to the giraffe and to the crocodile as much as to man.

Contradiction is what keeps sanity in place.

Izgledalo joj je da poneka mesta na zemlji sama po sebi stvaraju sre?u, kao što neka biljka uspeva na jednom zemljištu, a na drugom ne.

Self-possession depends on its environment.

Elle se laissait aller au bercement des mélodies et se sentait elle-même vibrer de tout son être comme si les archets des violons se fussent promenés sur ses nerfs.

Casi siempre descansaban en un prado, con Deauville a la izquierda, Le Havre a la derecha y enfrente el mar abierto. Estaba reluciente de sol, liso como un espejo, tan manso que apenas se oía su murmullo; piaban, escondidos, los gorriones, y todo esto bajo la inmensa cúpula del cielo.

Madame Bovary was nog nooit zo mooi geweest als nu; zij bezat de raadselachtige schoonheid die uit vreugde, geestdrift en succes voortspruit, een schoonheid die ontstaat wanneer de aard van het wezen harmonieert met de uiterlijke omstandigheden.

univers venait tout à coup de s'élargir. Elle était le point lumineux où l'ensemble des choses convergeait

Posseïa aquella bellesa indefinible que resulta de la joia, de l'entusiasme, de l'èxit, i que no és sinó una conjunció harmoniosa de les circumstàncies i del temperament.

servant, the grand duet in D major, all were for

Deixava-se levar pelo balanço das melodias e sentia que ela própria vibrava em todo seu ser, como se os arcos dos violinos viessem passear sobre seus nervos.

out of love of symmetry, just as people put two vases above a fireplace.

Our senses are fairies who work the miracle of changing that movement into noise, and by that metamorphosis give birth to music, which makes the mute agitation of nature a harmony

Nature loves death: she will not punish it.

Ennek a reggelnek tiszta fényében szívük egymás hangját visszhangozta.

Sizi inciten her neyse, onu ba?kas?na yapmay?n. Size ac? veren bir ?eyle ba?kas?n? incitmeyin. Kendinize yap?lmas?n? istemedi?iniz ?eyleri ba?kas?na yapmay?n.

Ä°liÅŸkimizde eksik olan, bizi birbirimizden uzak tutan tek bir ÅŸey vard?r: GörünüÅŸte farkl? parçalar?m?z?n, gerçekten tek bir parça olduÄŸunu görmemizi saÄŸlayacak yeni bir anlay??...Çok daha büyük bir resmin küçük parçalar?.