HARMONY QUOTES

quotations about harmony

I tried to discover, in the rumor of forests and waves, words that other men could not hear, and I pricked up my ears to listen to the revelation of their harmony.

GUSTAVE FLAUBERT

November

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If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nations.

CONFUCIUS

Sayings of Confucius

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Infinite wisdom must accomplish all its works with consummate harmony, proportion, and regularity.

G. CHEYNE

attributed, Day's Collacon


I'd like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
I'd like to hold it in my arms and keep it company.
I'd like to see the world for once
All standing hand in hand
And hear them echo through the hills "Ah, peace throughout the land."
That's the song I hear...

BILLY DAVIS

"I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing"


Together they completed each other, his melody and hers merging together into a single, perfect harmony.

CHRISTINE FEEHAN

Turbulent Sea


There is not a fragment in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious unit in itself.

JOHN MUIR

The Wilderness World of John Muir


Harmonious words render ordinary ideas acceptable; less ordinary, pleasant; novel and ingenious ones, delightful.

WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR

Aphorisms

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To achieve harmony in bad taste is the height of elegance.

JEAN GENET

The Thief's Journal

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Harmony is a compound idea, made up of different sounds united.

ISAAC WATTS

Logic; or, The Right Use of Reason


The search for meaning is really the search for the lost chord. When the lost chord is discovered by humankind, the discord in the world will be healed and the symphony of the universe will come into complete harmony with itself.

JOHN O'DONOHUE

Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

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All matter, including you and I, has rhythmic movement within it and our quest should be to create a proper rhythmic harmony within ourselves ... you feel happy when you sit near an ocean because your vibrations try to synchronize with the frequency of the waves.

ED VISWANATHAN

Am I a Hindu?


My temper leads me to peace and harmony with all men.

GEORGE WASHINGTON

letter to Major-General Gates, February 24, 1778

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Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.

HERACLITUS

attributed, Source Book in Ancient Philosophy

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Pleasure is Nature’s test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment.

OSCAR WILDE

The Soul of Man Under Socialism

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You don't get harmony when everybody sings the same note.

DOUG FLOYD

attributed, 1,600 Quotes & Pieces of Wisdom That Just Might Help You Out


There is a delight in new harmonies.

A. CORELLI

attributed, Day's Collacon


Men live on the brink of mysteries and harmonies into which yet they never enter, and with their hand on the doorlatch they die outside.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Selected Letters

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A family in harmony will prosper in everything.

CHINESE PROVERB

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A grain of sand cannot consider itself a beachfront nor can a single drop of rain claim to be a raging river. However, when all the forces combine in harmony, then rocks crumble into dust, the earth shakes, and mountains move.

MICHAEL SCOTT GALLEGOS

"The Myth of Etan"


If we look upon the world as a musical instrument, well tuned, and harmoniously struck, we ought not to worship the instrument, but Him that makes the music.

STILLINGFLEET

attributed, Day's Collacon