Quotes About Harmony

Baba Farid seems to have said to his disciples, 'Give me not a knife but a needle. I want to sew together, not cut asunder.

Khanqas not only brought Hindus and Muslims together, but they also narrowed the gulf that divided the Muslims of foreign origin and local converts.

If only all the contradictory voices shouting inside my head would calm down and sing a song in unison, whatever it was I wouldn't care as long as they sang without dissonance.

If only all the contradictory voices shouting inside my head would calm down and sing a song in unison, whatever it was I wouldn't care as long as they sang without dissonance; yes, and avoided uncertain extremes of the scale.

Let man keep his many parts and you'll have no tyrant states.

Our fate is to become one, and yet many— This is not prophecy, but description.

The unheard sounds came through, and each melodic line existed of itself, stood out clearly from all the rest, said its piece, and waited patiently for the other voices to speak.

If only all the contradictory voices shouting inside my head would calm down and sing a song in unison, whatever it was I wouldn't care as long as they sang without dissonance; yes, and avoided the uncertain extremes of the scale.

You cannot have a deep sympathy with both man & nature. Those qualities which bring you near to the one estrange you from the other."  

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.

Love, and you shall be loved.

Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good.

A friend may be nature's most magnificent creation.

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself.

Love what is simple and beautiful. These are the essentials.

Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.

Faith and love are apt to be spasmodic in the best minds. Men live the brink of mysteries and harmonies into which they never enter, and with their hands on the door-latch they die outside.

Nature hates calculators.

Every natural action is graceful.

Wherever snow falls, or water flows, or birds fly, wherever day and night meet in twilight, wherever the blue heaven is hung by clouds, or sown with stars, wherever are forms with transparent boundaries, wherever are outlets into celestial space, wherever is danger, and awe, and love, there is Beauty, plenteous as rain, shed for thee, and though thou shouldest walk the world over, thou shalt not be able to find a condition inopportune or ignoble.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood.

In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows. Nature says, -- he is my creature, and maugre all his impertinent griefs, he shall be glad with me