Quotes About Harmony

Is it odd how asymmetrical Is symmetry? Symmetry is asymmetrical. How odd it is. This stanza remains unchanged if read word by word from the end to the beginning-it is symmetrical with respect to backward reading.

In it, Porphyry says about Pythagoras: He himself could hear the harmony of the Universe, and understood the music of the spheres, and the stars which move in concert with them, and which we cannot hear because of the limitations of our weak nature.

The don knew that love is not a reliable emotion to matter how deep. Love does not ensure gratitude, does not ensure obedience, does not provide harmony in so difficult a world. No one understood this better than Don Clericuzio. To inspire true love, one also had to be feared. Love alone was contemptible, it was nothing if it did not also include trust and obedience. What good was love to him if it did not acknowledge his rule?

The Don knew that love is not a reliable emotion to matter how deep. Love does not ensure gratitude, does not ensure obedience, does not provide harmony in so difficult a world. No one understood this better than Don Clericuzio.

The two men, one so huge, one so tiny, left the cemetery together. Terraced gardens girdled the sides of the surrounding mountains with green ribbons, great white rocks gleamed, a tiny red hawk of Sicily rode down toward them on a shaft of sunlight.

the naturalness of an animal

La tierra, cansada después de tantos siglos de producir plantas, animales y de dar abrigo al hombre, pediría al Padre poder descansar.

Una acción virtuosa, un gesto de desprendimiento, un acto solidario despiertan, dice, una sensación de belleza comparable a la que deparan un bello paisaje, una música armoniosa o una vida que transcurre dentro de la prudencia, el respeto del prójimo, la amistad y la conducta irreprochable.

Dos que trabajan juntos no deben encamarse, el amor y el trabajo son incompatibles, encamarse rima con pelearse. Así

A wife sets the ambience of a man's life.

Romans 12:18: "If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with everyone.

No Squares in Common Marriages with one square in common work the easiest because of the common traits they share.

Si je n'étais pas intégré à moi-même, je ne pourrais jamais m'intégrer.

The Creator God has spread out for our delight a banquet… of rivers and lakes, of rain and sunshine, of rich earth and of amazing flowers, of handsome trees and of dancing fishes, of contemplative animals and of whistling winds, of dry and wet seasons, of cold and hot climates… and so are we, blessings ourselves, invited to the banquet. Matthew Fox

Correct division should be preferred over corrupt unity.

The more we come to terms with our own separateness, taught the Buddha, the more we can feel the connections that are already there.

Separate and together cease to be mutually exclusive and instead become, in psychoanalyst Christopher Bolla's phrase, reciprocally enhancing and mutually informative.

Everything seemed suspended, in some kind of balance. Obviously someone would come along and fuck it up, because that's what other people did.

He held up his right hand and spread my fingers out in a fan. I held up my left hand and spread my fingers out in a fan and we made our fingers and thumbs touch each other.

Whatever I do I've always done not because I want something but to compensate for a loss, to bring about a balance, to create amends, to make things right.

There's something about rushing water that I can watch for hours and feel as if I need to do nothing more. It's alive in a way that's greater than any description of it...

A horse is a beautiful animal, but it is perhaps most remarkable because it moves as if it always hears music.

lies and truth are very close, and that something beautiful rests between.

to cite Montaigne, "Nature always gives us happier laws than those we give ourselves."125