Quotes About Harmony

Jeanne Birdsall

Your balance is imbalance.

Remember my words: Be truthful, be kind to one another, and you will attain peace. We will meet again in another life.

In love, one and one are one.

Music is a science which should have definite rules; these rules should be drawn from an evident principle; and this principle cannot really be known to us without the aid of mathematics.

Even nature is concerned, for it leads us to choose the third as the sole consonance which may makeup for the harshness of the dissonance. The third despite its imperfection becomes the sole object of our desire after a dissonance and gives new charm to the perfect chord. It is for this reason that the rule for resolving

The smaller ones should always be preferred to the larger; i.e., rather than having the bass ascend or descend a sixth, we should have it descend or ascend a third, since ascending a third is the same as descending a sixth, just as ascending a sixth and descending a third, ascending a fifth and descending a fourth, or ascending a fourth and descending a

This is what Zarlino means when he says that the bass should proceed by separated intervals, for intervals cannot be consonant unless they are separated. Although Zarlino also says that the bass

Light and darkness, life and death, right and left, are brothers and sisters. They are inseparable. This is why goodness is not always good, violence not always violent, life not always enlivening, death not always deadly.19

It [speaking with words that bring about harmony] consists of speaking of what is good about people, instead of what is wrong with them. For some people this is an almost impossible exercise, for they have become totally habituated to speaking critically. We all seem to have a special talent for finding critical things to say about the world, about others, and about ourselves! (117)

It is important never to separate love and knowledge, compassion and wisdom. A wisdom without compassion is closed upon itself and does not bear fruit. A compassion without wisdom is a madness and a cause of suffering.

Lead us toward a speech, which is as beautiful as silence, and toward a silence, which is as beautiful as the sweetest and truest of words. (119)

Nature rejuvenates so quickly, so completely. Though we often view ourselves otherwise, we are nature.

Research shows that sincere positive feelings--like love, care, gratitude, appreciation, compassion, or joy--smooth out our heart rhythm into a harmonious coherent pattern.

The point isn't to make yourself feel that you're a part of everything, but to stop for one minute insisting with every thought and feeling that you're not.

I have one overarching preference, and that is whatever the universe prefers. I don't have to like it or understand it, though I usually do.

There is no disorder. Nothing is random or chaotic, only fully perceived or not.

The garden is a love song, a duet between a human being and Mother Nature.

Simplicity is within your grasp.

Love says "I am everything". Wisdom says "I am nothing". Between the two, my life flows. - Nisargadatta Maharaj

I say, If everybody in this house lives where it's God first, friends and family second and you third, we won't ever have an argument.

when asked his philosophy of life, he replied, "Moderation in all things.

For at least one day of the year, past quarrels are forgotten and strangers are greeted as friends.

Nothing is separate. Everything is one thing.