Quotes About Harmony

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Life is so balanced, even when we are not.

It seems an obvious thing to say, but you should not imagine that we Pakistanis are all potential terrorists, just as we should not imagine that you Americans are all undercover assassins.

Its as if you think you'd never find Reason and the Sacred intertwined

La nature, d'elle-même, quand nous la laissons faire, se tire doucement du désordre où elle est tombée.

si vous m'aimez, monsieur, vous devez vouloir tout ce que je veux.

La musique est accoutumée à ne point faire ce qu'on veut.

You can spread your soul over a paddy field, you can whisper to a mango tree, you can feel the earth between your toes and know that this is the place, the place where it begins and ends. But what can you tell to a pile of bricks? The bricks will not be moved (page 87).

Perhaps you will tell us now what a Doran is." "it is someone who loves all the creatures of the world, the animals, birds, plants, trees, and people, and who cannot bear to do any of them harm. It is someone who believes that they are all linked together and that therefore everything can be used to heal the pain and suffering of the world. It is someone who does not hate anybody and who is not frightened of anyone or anything.

Paganism has no fixed creeds or dogmas, no self-proclaimed gurus or prophets, no holy books or saviours. Earth Herself is our teacher. Pagans, like all, natural peoples, desire to live in harmony with Earth and see all Her manifestations, whether animal, plant, insect, rock or mountain, or, as Native Americans say, four-legged, two-legged, crawling and flying, as our relations and as ensouled.

The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.

Hey, you know what your grandpa told me? Said, Always have a love song for your woman. This way, when they get to fussin'... You just sing that song to yourself. When you're through, she'll be done and you can get back to what you want, the lovin'. 'Cause that's all that fussing is anyway. Whole lotta lovin'.

called Xenophone

The elimination of laborious asks should not, however, lead us to conclude that man's journey with the horse is over. It is just beginning. We are now free to exist with horses without the pressures experienced in former times.

There is no disgrace in peace. There can never be dishonor in peace.

If you would have peace, genuine peace, you must accept all the aspects of your personality and learn to be comfortable with them.

Each day of human life contains joy and anger, pain and pleasure, darkness and light, growth and decay. Each moment is etched with nature's grand design — do not try to deny or oppose the cosmic order of things.

Create each day anew by clothing yourself with heaven and earth, bathing yourself with wisdom and love, and placing yourself in the heart of Mother Nature.

Your heart is full of fertile seeds, waiting to sprout. Just as a lotus flower springs from the mire to bloom splendidly, the interaction of the cosmic breath causes the flower of the spirit to bloom and bear fruit in this world.

The art of Peace I practice has room for each of the world's eight million gods, and I cooperate with them all. The God of Peace is very great and enjoins all that is divine and enlightened in every land.

As soon as you concern yourself with the "good" and "bad" of your fellows, you create an opening in your heart for maliciousness to enter.

Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks. Also learn from holy books and wise people. Everything - even mountains, rivers, plants and trees - should be your teacher.

Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment.

The heart of a human being is no different from the soul of heaven and earth. In your practice always keep in your thoughts the interaction of heaven and earth, water and fire, yin and yang.