Quotes About Harmony

When the ultimate perfection is attained, the body and limbs perform by themselves what is assigned to them to do with no interference from the mind. The

Too much concentration belittles life. Concentration is a narrowing down of the mind - but we are concerned with the total process of living, and to concentrate exclusively on any particular aspect of life, belittles life.

As the water manifests the brightness of the moon, the moon manifests the clarity of the water.

Discipline must conform to the nature of things in their suchness.

Be water, my friend.

I'm moving and not moving at all. I'm like the moon underneath the waves that ever go on rolling and rocking. It is not, "I am doing this," but rather, an inner realization that "this is happening through me," or "it is doing this for me." The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action.

Be Like Water

Zen insists that the whole trouble is just our failure to realize that there is no problem.

Love is mathematically just. — Love, and you shall be loved — all love is mathematically just, as much as the two sides of an algebraic equation.

Balance your thoughts with action.

What is true stillness? Stillness in movement.

Certainly tolerance and acceptance were at the forefront of my music.

Life, and intelligence, do not mix very well.

1.  Do No Harm     2.  Make Things Better     3.  Respect Others     4.  Be Fair     5.  Be Loving

We spend much of the first half of our lives trying to build internal models that fit the world and much of the last half of our lives trying to adjust the world so it fits the inner models.

Together, they became part of the space between things.

But when you get music and words together, that can be a very powerful thing.

Truth is not a matter of fact but a state of harmony with progress and hope. Enveloped only in its wings will we ever soar to the promise of our greater selves.

The conflicts we have with the outside world are often conflicts we have within ourselves.

Wish for the happiness of your enemies, for if they are happy, they are your enemy no more.

Your body will heal itself, through gentle and peaceful cooperation with the inherent wisdom and intelligence within.

Become empty to become complete, for it is the void that defines the form.

Cooperation is a higher moral principle than competition.

Seek goodness and be goodness. Seek beauty and be beauty. Seek love and be love.