Quotes About Harmony

When they would finally attempt to rise from those indolent afternoons they spent together, Gyan and Sai would have melted into each other like pats of butter—how difficult it was to cool and compose themselves back into their individual beings.

There is no truer meditation than music and no journey of discovery greater than that of looking within. A

Enlightenment and tolerance, it would seem, have little to do with being lettered or unlettered. His

Peace is a verb.

The wren and the nightingale sound nothing alike, but think how dull the world would be without the songs of both birds. —Miss Kanagawa

It's the company, not the cooking, that makes the meal.

Mitsi had never eaten a Vienna sausage before, but in the first three days at Camp Harmony, they were served three times.

Peace is born of mutual understanding

Southeast Asia has been intimately associated and involved with four of the great universalist cultures and civilizations of the world: India, China, Islam and the West.

The more than 600 million people living in the region have seen remarkable progress in the 50 years since the formation of the association. ASEAN has brought peace and prosperity to a troubled region, generated inter-civilizational harmony in the most diverse corner of the earth

the primary goal of China's rulers is to preserve peace and harmony among 1.4 billion people in China, not try to influence the lives of the 6 billion people who live outside China.

Americans hold sacrosanct the ideals of freedom of speech, press, assembly, and religion and also believe that every human being is entitled to the same fundamental human rights. The Chinese believe that social needs and social harmony are more important than individual needs and rights and that the prevention of chaos and turbulence is the main goal of governance.

The subtle working of ki is the maternal source that affects changes in breath. It is also the source of martial art as love. When one unifies mind and body by virtue of ki and manifests ai-ki (harmony of ki), delicate changes in breath-power occur spontaneously and "waza" (proper technique) flows freely.

Simply stated, aikido is a budo open to all people who aspire to unify the ki of the universe with the ki of oneself. For all members of the human race, it is the path to attaining harmony with all beings. The gates of aikido are open to people of all ages, classes, sexes, nationalities and races. Non-discrimination and non-exclusiveness are basic characteristics of aikido.

Knowledge of other people's beliefs and ways of thinking must be used to build bridges, not to create conflicts.

Shared understanding is particularly critical if we are to shape a collective future that reflects common objectives and values.

cooperation is "the only thing that will redeem mankind.

What is progress? That we can drive faster on the roads? No, progress is the rest the body needs and the peace the soul requires. Progress is man"s well being.

In its eyethe far-off hills are mirrored—dragonfly!

Where there are humans, You'll find flies, And Buddhas.

In the cherry blossom's shade there's no such thing as a stranger.

Reflected in the dragonfly's eye -- mountains.

the snail gets up and goes to bed with very little fuss

Mondo di sofferenza: eppure i ciliegi sono in fiore!