Quotes About Harmony

The true way of progressing through music is to evolve freely, to go forward, not caring what others think, and in this way, together with one's development in music, to harmonize the life of one's soul, one's surroundings and one's affairs.

I have seen all souls as my soul, and realized my soul as the soul of all.

A keen observation shows that the whole universe is a single mechanism working by the law of rhythm; the rise and fall of the waves, the ebb and flow of the tide, the waxing and waning of the moon, the sunrise and the sunset, the change of the seasons, the moving of the earth and of the planets, the whole cosmic system and the constitution of the entire universe are working under the law of rhythm. Cycles of rhythm, with major and minor cycles

The secret of mysticism, therefore, is to feel, think, speak, and act at the same time, for then all that is said, or felt, or done, becomes perfect.

The one who is happy is he who is ready to be friends with all. His outlook on life is friendly. He is not only friendly to persons, but also to objects and conditions.

If the rays are the souls of living beings, then the light of that same divine Sun is the spirit of the whole of nature. It is the same light; but not divided, not distinct, as are the rays which we call souls.

And the beauty of music is that it is both the source of creation and the means of absorbing it. In other words, by music the world was created, and by music it is withdrawn again into the source which has created it.

The more he is open to all that is beautiful and harmonious, the more his life is tuned to that universal harmony and the more he will show a friendly attitude towards everyone he meets. His very atmosphere will create music around him.

Sometimes there are two persons who disagree, and there comes a third person and all unite together. Is this not the nature of music?

In the hours of contemplation and solitude, and in the hours when he is in the midst of the world, the music is always there, he is always enjoying its harmony. ##

There are two aspects of life: the first is that man is tuned by his surroundings, and the second is that man can tune himself in spite of his surroundings.

One should never think or speak against one's desire, for it weakens the thought-vibrations and often brings about contrary results. A variety of thoughts springing up at the same time naturally enfeebles the power of mind, for none of them has a chance to mature, just as twins are often imperfect and triplets seldom live. The disharmony between one's desire and one's ideal always causes a great confusion in life, for they constantly work against each other.

All labor and toil, however hard and difficult, is made easy by the power of rhythm in some way or other. This idea opens to the thinker a means for a still deeper study of life.

When the soul is attuned to God, every action becomes music.

One who has learned friendship has learned religion; the one who has learned friendship has attained spiritual knowledge. The one who has leaned friendship need learn very little else; morals in Persian is friendship.

Ist die Seele auf Gott gestimmt, so wird jedes Tun zu Musik.

If one being or thing, however apparently useless, were missing in this universe of endless variety, it would be as it were a note missing in a song.

Our ego is the lion of lions, and if this is conquered, then these external lions – the different egos around us – are conquered also, and wherever we go, with anyone, whether foolish or wise, good or bad, we now have peace.

Meiner Ansicht nach bedeutet Spiritualität, lebendig-sein. Ein geistiger Mensch, der zur Schönheit der Poesie erwacht ist, der für die Schönheit von Melodie und Harmonie empfänglich ist, der sich an Kunst erfreut und sich von der Schönheit der Natur begeistern lässt, der als lebendiges Wesen lebt, und nicht als ein totes, diesen Menschen kann man spirituell nennen. (S. 280)

A person does not hear sound only through the ears; he hears sound through every pore of the body. It permeates the entire being, and according to its particular influence, either slows or quickens the rhythm of the blood circulation; it either awakens or soothes the nervous system

There must be something besides you to cause the sensation. But peace is independently felt within oneself. It is not dependent upon the outer sensation. It is something that belongs to one, something that is one's own self.

Die Arbeit, welche ein/e Sufi als seine oder ihre heilige Pflicht ansieht, hat nichts mit einem bestimmten Glaubensbekenntnis zu tun und auch nichts mit einer bestimmten Religion. Es ist nur diese einfache Sache: im Rhythmus mit den Umständen des Lebens zu schwingen, und auf das Unendliche eingestimmt zu sein.

The soul's happiness is in itself; nothing can make the soul fully happy but self-realization.

Wenn sich zwei Herzen vereinigen, können sie sogar Berge entzweibrechen. (S. 216)