Quotes About Harmony

the Apollonian marvel of the piece"):

Don't you know That lovers make the rains, Call forth the sun, Re-route hurricanes, And exorcise earthquakes for fun.

From listening comes knowledge; From knowledge comes understanding; From understanding comes wisdom; From wisdom comes well-being.

Nadie es mejor que el grupo, y el brillo individual no conduce automáticamente a unos resultados sobresalientes. Una mentalidad egoísta puede infectar el espíritu colectivo.

De ouvir vem o conhecimento; Do conhecimento vem o entendimento; Do entendimento vem a sabedoria; Da sabedoria vem o bem-estar.

cook and sleep. Until

As a Virginian, Scott deplored the cry of many Republican politicians and newspapers for an invasion to "crush the rebels." Even if successful, he wrote, an invasion would produce "fifteen devastated provinces [that is, the slave states] not to be brought into harmony with their conquerors, but to be held for generations, by heavy garrisons.

As he shook hands with Grant's military secretary Ely Parker, a Seneca Indian, Lee stared a moment at Parker's dark features and said, "I am glad to see one real American here." Parker responded, "We are all Americans."39

Mark 3:25: "And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

All the stories and poems and letters and oracles and wisdom verses of God's Word, like individual instruments in a great orchestra, serve THE WHOLE story.

Attentive reading of God's Word will set you up for frequent Holy Spirit warnings as He uses Scripture to set off alarms of danger in your life. As you grow spiritually, you may discover direct "prompts" God's Spirit gives, but they will always be in harmony with what God says in His Word.

When I know God's place, I can know my place— then things start to fall into place.

Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence

If we are to be one Nation in any respect, it clearly ought to be in respect to other Nations.

do not analyze or argue it, describe or define it—I am one with it.

Ignatius realized that if you act in accord with God's desires for you, you will naturally feel a sense of peace.

God is the color of water. Water doesn't have a color.

Music is the space between the notes as much as the notes themselves; it's defined as much by silence as by sound.

Tea is quiet and our thirst for tea is never far from our craving for beauty.

We cannot do whatever we please and remain lawyers or yogis-and yet we could not be either unless we pleased.

Paulie Pastrami learned that a misunderstanding could often be settled with a cupcake.

The eleventh commandment: Thou shalt be tolerant of all paths that lead to God.

When we dislike someone, or feel threatened by someone, the natural tendency is to focus on something we dislike about the person, something that irritates us. Unfortunately, when we do this--instead of seeing the deeper beauty of the person and giving them energy--we take energy away and actually do them harm. All they know is that they suddenly feel less beautiful and less confident, and it is because we sapped their energy.

The human perception of this energy first begins with a heightened sensitivity to beauty.