Quotes About Harmony

Like Love, Art ties together all the great sacred traditions because they all used creative expression, or we wouldn't know about them.

In many traditions, the world was sung into being: Aboriginal Australians believe their ancestors did so. In Hindu and Buddhist thought, Om was the seed syllable that created the world.

A common creation demands a common sacrifice, and perhaps not the least potent argument in favour of a constructed international language is the fact that it is equally foreign, or apparently so, to the traditions of all nationalities.

What makes Harlem special is that at any given time, food seekers can not only find food deeply rooted in Southern, Latin and African traditions, but also can taste the newer Senegalese, Chinese, and Italian influences as well.

I don't understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more sophistication. Why is it that Americans need to hear their happiness major and their tragedy minor, and as jazzy as they can handle is a seventh chord? Are they not experiencing complex emotions?

I've always had a profound conviction that great music is about joy, even in the face of tragedy.

Dance, theatre, etc. as art, will disappear along with the dominating 'expression' of tragedy and harmony: the movement of life itself will become harmonious.

Whether black or white, we are all Americans, and we should stand united against the horrid and tragic loss of one of our brothers. Anything less is simply not the American way.

I always get everyone prepared so there aren't so many arguments on set. I have a policy that the first thing I do in the morning is go over to the trailers and discuss exactly what we're shooting that day. It's time-consuming, but it reduces the chances of 'misunderstandings' on set.

We've all been around love enough to know how lucky we are. I've never seen anybody have a cross word on the set, and I'm there a lot. All the women just got brand-new trailers, so they're happy.

Each part of my life provided respite from the other and gave me a sense of proportion that classmates trained only on law studies lacked.

If you're trained in metaphysics, you don't see the world as distinct from yourself. You are one with the world.

My wife is a classically trained piano player, and she also orchestrates.

I was trained in jazz, which I love.

My fitness trainer's English, my physio's English, some of my friends are English. I don't have a problem with English people at all.

It is the job of the dog trainer to summon the dog's genetics, not to impose man's will over dog's.

It's important to find a balance between Pokemon and training.

Church singing is a great training ground.

For years, my actual listening activity has been governed by what I perceived to be good for me as a musician, almost like the way an athlete trains for a given sporting task. I'd listen to something if I felt it would improve my sense of harmony or counterpoint, or whatever I was working on.

True is the saying: 'In order to make the world tranquil and happy, the nation must first be well governed!'

We try really hard to avoid those conventional experiences, these adrenaline rush, anger, competition, violence. We intentionally avoid that. We try to create a game that's serene and tranquil and filled with love.

I'm a kid really, I'm 100mph in your face and fishing just slows you down and just it's nice, tranquil.

Motion is tranquility.

I quite like to sing, actually - just belting out numbers with my guitar. I find that it's a form of tranquility.