Quotes About Harmony

Give me the political economist, the sanitary reformer, the engineer; and take your saints and virgins, relics and miracles. The spinning-jenny and the railroad, Cunard's liners and the electric telegraph, are to me… signs that we are, on some points at least, in harmony with the universe.

Turns out we need to know one more thing on earth: politics--because of its capacity, when benign, to allow all around it to flourish, and its capacity, when malign, to make all around it wither.

One price of demystifying the universe is that science, unlike religion, asks only how, not why. As to the purpose of things, science is silent. But if science cannot talk about meaning, it can talk about harmony.

Healing means bringing the person into a right relationship with the physical, mental and spiritual laws of God.

spirituality is about the relationships that we have with our self, with others and with the universe." (pg. 127).

Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well is the great art of social life.

Sentimentally I am disposed to harmony; but organically I am incapable of a tune.

The perfect Muslim, standing upright in the presence of his Maker, at once proud and submissive, free from all illusions and from any bias in dealing with his fellow men, exemplifies fitrah. He is both perfect master and perfect servant.

Religion cannot survive, whole and effective when it is confined to one single compartment of life and education. Religion is either all or it is nothing; either it dwarfs all profane studies or it is dwarfed by them.

I realized that If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.

Bahagia ialah menyukai apa yang anda lakukan dan melakukan apa yang anda sukai.

Happiness is loving your enemies.

If you can't beat 'em, cooperate 'em to death!

Do you think if two people liked the same thing, it could bring them closer together?" "Certainly... Take classical music, for instance... Two people who shared a love for Beethoven could become very close..." "How about TV?

Those who believe in the "balance of nature" are those who don't get eaten.

Animals shouldn't be hunted and nature shouldn't be disturbed, even destroyed, to benefit the whims of mankind

But that's the thing about music. It doesn't enter through the mind. It enters through the heart.

the sum is greater than one part. That maybe one incident does not a life make.

One of the mysteries of music is that two can achieve together what one never could do alone. The effect is exponential. It's also the only activity on Planet Earth that can transport those who hear it

Play simple, and people will join in. Sing along. Which, by the way, is the goal. Our job is to put a song in their mouths and let them sing it back to us. That's all that really matters." Then he added, "The great players aren't great because of all the notes they can play, but because of the ones they don't play.

Along the bank, the cicadas tuned up, singing their singular psychedelic tune.

listen to the parts of ourselves that are more inclined toward curiosity, trust, and cooperation.

everything remains inherently connected to everything else.

We need to walk, just as birds need to fly. We need to be around other people. We need beauty. We need contact with nature. And most of all, we need not to be excluded. We need to feel some sort of equality.