quotations about harmony
If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nations.
CONFUCIUS
Sayings of Confucius
Infinite wisdom must accomplish all its works with consummate harmony, proportion, and regularity.
G. CHEYNE
attributed, Day's Collacon
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
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"
Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.
HERACLITUS
attributed, Source Book in Ancient Philosophy
To achieve harmony in bad taste is the height of elegance.
JEAN GENET
The Thief's Journal
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
Together they completed each other, his melody and hers merging together into a single, perfect harmony.
CHRISTINE FEEHAN
Turbulent Sea
Harmony is a compound idea, made up of different sounds united.
ISAAC WATTS
Logic; or, The Right Use of Reason
My temper leads me to peace and harmony with all men.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
letter to Major-General Gates, February 24, 1778
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
Harmonious words render ordinary ideas acceptable; less ordinary, pleasant; novel and ingenious ones, delightful.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR
Aphorisms
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"
There is a delight in new harmonies.
A. CORELLI
attributed, Day's Collacon
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?
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
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
A family in harmony will prosper in everything.
CHINESE PROVERB
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
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