Quotes About Harmony

The wisest man is the man who is most in sympathy with nature; who follows most closely in her footsteps; yields most readily to her intimations; catches quickest her whispers; sets up least his own will, or prejudices, or notions, against her instructions.

HENRY WHITNEY BELLOWS

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There are many faiths, but the spirit is one — in me, and in you, and in him. So that if everyone believes himself, all will be united; everyone be himself and all will be as one.

Blessed are the peacemakers; theirs is the kingdom of heaven

As the sun and each atom of ether is a shphere complete in itself, yet at the same time only a part of a whole too vast for man to comprehend, so each individual bears within himself his own purpose, yet bears it ot serve a general purpose unfathomable to man.

Art should cause violence to be set aside and it is only art that can accomplish this.

Can it be that there is not enough space for man in this beautiful world, under those immeasurable, starry heavens? Is it possible that man's heart can harbour, amid such ravishing natural beauty, feelings of hatred, vengeance, or the desire to destroy his fellows? All the evil in man, one would think, should disappear on contact with Nature, the most spontaneous expression of beauty and goodness.

The aim of civilization is to enable us to get enjoyment out of everything.

Add your light to the sum of light.

He felt that in the depth of his soul something had been put in its place, settled down, and laid to rest.

Where there has been true science, art has always been its exponent.

wisdom needs no violence.

Nothing can make our life, or the lives of other people, more beautiful than perpetual kindness.

Love them that hate you, but you can't love them whom you hate.

We should always try to find those things which do not separate us from other people but which unite us. To work against each other, to be angry and turn your back on each other, is to work against nature. —MARCUS AURELIUS

Todas as famílias felizes são iguais. As infelizes o são cada uma à sua maneira

My tongue is my enemy. Brothers

If we're laying out a garden, planning one before the house, you know, and there you've a tree that's stood for centuries in the very spot. . . . Old and gnarled it may be, and yet you don't cut down the old fellow to make room for the flowerbeds, but lay out your beds so as to take advantage of the tree. You won't grow him again in a year . . .

Il ne faut jamais rien outrer: One should never overdo

And as a sign that everything was now all right in the world, she opened her mouth a fraction, and after arranging her sticky lips better around her old teeth, smacked them and settled down into a state of blissful rest. Levin watched these last movements of hers closely. 'I'm just the same!' he said to himself; 'Just the same! Never mind... All is well.

Toda la diversidad, la hermosura, el encanto de la vida, se componen de luces y sombras.

In order to undertake anything in family life, it is necessary that there be either complete discord between the spouses or loving harmony. But when the relations between spouses are uncertain and there is neither the one nor the other, nothing can be undertaken.

Pestsov maintained that art is one, and that it can attai its highest mainfestation only in conjunction with all kinds of art.