Quotes About Harmony

Very little is needed to make a happy life, he said.

I hope you will not be tempted into litigation. Life is too short for that."25

Perhaps the main reason that Washington and Hamilton functioned so well together was that both men longed to see the thirteen states welded into a single, respected American nation. At the close of the war, Washington had circulated a letter to the thirteen governors, outlining four things America would need to attain greatness: consolidation of the states under a strong federal government, timely payment of its debts, creation of an army and a navy, and harmony among its people.

Do unto others as they would do unto you—and do it first.

Rockefeller reiterated his faith that cooperation, not competition, advanced the general welfare.

Decisions were reached by consensus.

Rockefeller placed a premium on internal harmony and tried to reconcile his contending chieftains. A laconic man, he liked to canvass everyone's opinion before expressing his own and then often crafted a compromise to maintain cohesion. He was always careful to couch his decisions as suggestions or questions

In general, however, their two voices blended admirably together.

It was his own Walden, a place where "fine views invest the soul and where we can live simply and quietly.

A laconic man, he liked to canvass everyone's opinion before expressing his own and then often crafted a compromise to maintain cohesion.

If Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.

It was the kind of early-fall day Rachel had always loved, not warm or cold, the sky all deep-blue and cloudless and no breeze, the crops proud and ripe and the leaves so pretty but hardly a one yet fallen--a day so perfect that the earth itself seemed sorry to let it pass, so slowed down its roll into evening and let it linger.

Life is one grand sweet song so start the music

A people free to choose will always choose peace.

If there's one observation that rings true in today's changing world, it is that freedom and peace go hand in hand.

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen.

la clave está en el equilibrio entre el porcentaje de desapego y el de sentimiento, en lograr cierta armonía entre el yo que sufre y el yo que controla.

tengo la creciente sensación de que hay una continuidad en la mente humana; de que, en efecto, existe un inconsciente colectivo que nos entreteje, como si fuéramos cardúmenes de apretados peces que danzan al unísono sin saberlo.

Birds of a feather always ended up sticking together.

have nothing in your house that you don't know to be useful nor think to be beautiful.

I always thinks that a garden is the best sort of legacy a person can leave. [Caroline, 'Skelmerton']

I found myself wishing that we could live like the birds and move through nature without hurting it ourselves.

Solving problems together? Yes, indeed. You and your child are going to be allies, not adversaries. Partners, not enemies.