"Non Degener Addam" (I add without loss)
12/31/10
Leontyne Price - Luxury
"The ultimate of being successful is the luxury of giving yourself the time to do what you want to do." ~Leontyne Price on Luxury
Francis Gay - opportunities
"Whatever our own particular status in life, even if it be quite obscure and humdrum, we can always find opportunities to help somebody worse off than ourselves."~Francis Gay, TFBFG 1981
Arabs - friend defined
"A true friend is one to whom you can tip out all the contents of your heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping and with the breath of kindness blow the rest away,"~ Arabs, TFBFG1981
12/29/10
Francis Gay - blessings
"Life should be remembered for the blessings and benefits we leave behind for others."~Francis Gay, TFBFG 1979
Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
"Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there." ~Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich."~Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act." ~Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"The first service that one owes to others in the fellowship consists of listening to them." ~Dietrich Bonfoeffer
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Charles Lamb Quotes
"A true friend advises justly, assists readily, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably."~ Charles Lamb, Essayist, Poet
"I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what it is." ~Charles Lamb
"I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my joyful school days - All, all are gone, the old familiar faces." ~Charles Lamb
"Let us live for the beauty of our own reality." ~Charles Lamb
“Mother's love grows by giving.” ~Charles Lamb
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12/27/10
Lucille Ball Quotes
"I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into place." ~Lucille Ball
"If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do." ~Lucille Ball
“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” ~Lucille Ball
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12/23/10
CHARLES DICKENS Quotes
"A loving heart is the truest wisdom." ~Charles Dickens
"A multitude of people, and yet, a solitude." ~Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
“A new heart for a New Year, always!” ~Charles Dickens
"A silent look of affection and regard when all other eyes are turned coldly away–the consciousness that we possess the sympathy and affection of one being when all others have deserted us–is a hold, a stay, a comfort, in the deepest affliction, which no wealth could purchase, or power bestow." ~Charles Dickens
"A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other. A solemn consideration, when I enter a great city by night, that every one of those darkly clustered houses encloses its own secret; that every room in every one of them encloses its own secret; that every beating heart in the hundreds of thousands of breasts there, is, in some of its imaginings, a secret to the heart nearest it!" ~from "A Tale of Two Cities" (1859) by Charles Dickens
“And this is the eternal law. For, Evil often stops short at itself and dies with the doer of it! but Good, never.” ~Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend
"Anything for a quiet life, as the man said, when he took the situation at the lighthouse." ~Charles Dickens
"Buy an annuity cheap, and make your life interesting to yourself and everybody else that watches the speculation." ~Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
"Come, let’s be a comfortable couple and take care of each other! How glad we shall be, that we have somebody we are fond of always, to talk to and sit with." ~Charles Dickens
"Credit is a system whereby a person who can not pay gets another person who can not pay to guarantee that he can pay." ~Charles Dickens
"Each season has its own beauty." ~Charles Dickens
"Every failure teaches a man something, if he will learn; and you are too sensible a man not to learn from this failure." ~Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit
"Every traveler has a home of his own, and he learns to appreciate it the more from his wandering." ~Charles Dickens
"Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts." ~Charles Dickens
"Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before - more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle." ~Charles Dickens
“Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration.” ~Charles Dickens
"I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall till I die, to increase the stock of harmless cheerfulness." ~Charles Dickens
"I have bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape." ~Charles Dickens
“...I hope that simple love and truth will be strong in the end. I hope that real love and truth are stronger in the end than any evil or misfortune in the world.” ~Charles Dickens, David Copperfield
“I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.” ~from GREAT EXPECTATIONS by Charles Dickens
"I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul " ~Charles Dickens
"If I dropped a tear upon your hand, may it wither up.
If I spoke a gentle word in your hearing, may it deafen you.
If I touched you with my lips, may the touch be poison to you.
A curse upon this roof that gave me shelter!
Sorrow and shame upon your head!
Ruin upon all belonging to you!" ~Charles Dickens (Dombey and Son)
"If I dropped a tear upon your hand, may it wither up.
If I spoke a gentle word in your hearing, may it deafen you.
If I touched you with my lips, may the touch be poison to you.
A curse upon this roof that gave me shelter!
Sorrow and shame upon your head!
Ruin upon all belonging to you!" ~Charles Dickens (Dombey and Son)
"It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations." ~Charles Dickens
Photo: The Blue Mountains Range
Mount Victoria NSW
"It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade." ~Charles Dickens
"It was the best of times (for law-abiding citizens), it was the worst of times (for criminals), it was the age of wisdom (for the open-minded), it was the age of foolishness (for those hopelessly biased),… " ~Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities)
"Men's courses will foreshadow certain ends, to which, if persevered in, they must lead,' said Scrooge. 'But if the courses be departed from, the ends will change. Say it is thus with what you show me." ~from A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens
“Morning drew on apace. The air became more sharp and piercing, as its first dull hue: the death of night, rather than the birth of day: glimmered faintly in the sky. The objects which had looked dim and terrible in the darkness, grew more and more defined, and gradually resolved into their familiar shapes. The rain came down, thick and fast; and pattered, noisily, among the leafless bushes.” ~Charles Dickens
"My advice is to never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time." ~Charles Dickens
"Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress." ~Charles Dickens
"Never close your lips to those whom you have opened your heart." ~Charles Dickens
"It was the best of times (for law-abiding citizens), it was the worst of times (for criminals), it was the age of wisdom (for the open-minded), it was the age of foolishness (for those hopelessly biased),… " ~Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities)
"Men's courses will foreshadow certain ends, to which, if persevered in, they must lead,' said Scrooge. 'But if the courses be departed from, the ends will change. Say it is thus with what you show me." ~from A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens
“Morning drew on apace. The air became more sharp and piercing, as its first dull hue: the death of night, rather than the birth of day: glimmered faintly in the sky. The objects which had looked dim and terrible in the darkness, grew more and more defined, and gradually resolved into their familiar shapes. The rain came down, thick and fast; and pattered, noisily, among the leafless bushes.” ~Charles Dickens
"My advice is to never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time." ~Charles Dickens
"Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress." ~Charles Dickens
"Never close your lips to those whom you have opened your heart." ~Charles Dickens
"Never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time." ~Charles Dickens
"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for anyone else. And it just may be by listening that we lighten another's load." ~Charles Dickens
“Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him." ~from DAVID COPPERFIELD by Charles Dickens
"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many—not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." ~Charles Dickens
"The important thing is this: to be ready at any moment to sacrifice what you are for what you could become." ~Charles Dickens
“The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.” -from "Nicholas Nickleby" By Charles Dickens
"The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on." ~Charles Dickens
"The sun, the bright sun, that brings back, not light alone, but new life, and hope, and freshness to man - burst upon the crowded city in clear and radiant glory. Through costly-colored glass and paper-mended window, through cathedral dome and rotten crevice, it shed its equal ray." ~Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
“The wind's in the east. . . . I am always conscious of an uncomfortable sensation now and then when the wind is blowing in the east.” ~Charles Dickens on Wind
"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for anyone else. And it just may be by listening that we lighten another's load." ~Charles Dickens
“Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him." ~from DAVID COPPERFIELD by Charles Dickens
"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many—not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." ~Charles Dickens
"The important thing is this: to be ready at any moment to sacrifice what you are for what you could become." ~Charles Dickens
“The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.” -from "Nicholas Nickleby" By Charles Dickens
"The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on." ~Charles Dickens
"The sun, the bright sun, that brings back, not light alone, but new life, and hope, and freshness to man - burst upon the crowded city in clear and radiant glory. Through costly-colored glass and paper-mended window, through cathedral dome and rotten crevice, it shed its equal ray." ~Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
“The wind's in the east. . . . I am always conscious of an uncomfortable sensation now and then when the wind is blowing in the east.” ~Charles Dickens on Wind
“The year end brings no greater pleasure than the opportunity to express to you season’s greetings and good wishes. May your holidays and new year be filled with joy.” ~Charles Dickens
"There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk." ~Charles Dickens
"There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart." ~Charles Dickens (1812-1870) English writer
“Time has been lost and opportunity thrown away, but I am yet a young man, and may retrieve it.” ~Charles Dickens
"To a young heart, everything is fun." ~Charles Dickens
"There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk." ~Charles Dickens
"There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart." ~Charles Dickens (1812-1870) English writer
“Time has been lost and opportunity thrown away, but I am yet a young man, and may retrieve it.” ~Charles Dickens
"To a young heart, everything is fun." ~Charles Dickens
"What greater gift than the love of a cat?" ~Charles Dickens
"What is the odds so long as the fire of soul is kindled at the taper of conviviality, and the wing of friendship never moults a feather! What is the odds so long as the spirit is expanded by means of rosy wine, and the present moment is the least happiest of our existence!" ~from The Old Curiosity Shop (1841) by Charles Dickens
"Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried will all my heart to do well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely. In great aims and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest." ~Charles Dickens
"You can't make a head and brains out of a brass knob with nothing in it. You couldn't do it when your Uncle George was living; much less when he's dead." ~Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit from Everyman's Library
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"What is the odds so long as the fire of soul is kindled at the taper of conviviality, and the wing of friendship never moults a feather! What is the odds so long as the spirit is expanded by means of rosy wine, and the present moment is the least happiest of our existence!" ~from The Old Curiosity Shop (1841) by Charles Dickens
"Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried will all my heart to do well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely. In great aims and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest." ~Charles Dickens
"You can't make a head and brains out of a brass knob with nothing in it. You couldn't do it when your Uncle George was living; much less when he's dead." ~Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit from Everyman's Library
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Laurie Hernandez - friends
"True friends stick with you through thick and thin. There aren't many of those. But rare though they are, they are PRECIOUS!" ~Laurie Hernandez, FB
Mila Alovera Dureza-Janson Quotes
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"Did you notice on a clear night that there are more stars out there shining so bright. It's winter but on better days, they let you camp in some areas in the forest." ~ Mila Alovera Dureza-Janson
"Friends I may liken to beautiful flowers; different from each other, but in itself its own beauty and character." ~Mila Alovera Dureza-Janson, FB
"I believe that there are good people at anytime at any place. We'd be probably surprised if we also learn that a good number of these are being very generous with their lot, giving quietly." ~Mila Alovera Dureza-Janson, Facebook
"Meeting Facebook friends in person is great and if you have had this experience, you'd agree that the connection had long been established, is as close to you as ever." ~Mila Alovera Dureza-Janson, Facebook, 6 November 2012
"Travelling can be fun and enriching in a manner that lessons learned are from firsthand experiences." ~Mila Alovera Dureza-Janson, 2 August 2013
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Maguid Maruhom Quotes
"Surf Reyes, Tony Ganding Bayamban and Lola Inday: 'Thanks for you beautiful comments and contributions to clarify important things. I have been reading all your comments and reflecting on them, and must admit I'm feeling rather shy in coming in and contribute my idea on a very interesting discussion and thus explains my late interaction with you. We all have our own perspectives about God and religion. These may appear to be diverse but what is common among major religions is the teaching on the existence of the deity, the God of love, among others; 'God is love' is shared by all. We mainly come to know that there is God even on the intellectual level because of religion. In my perspective as a Muslim, I share your reasoning that true religion is not confined in the intellectual mind (the level of reason) but of the heart (experiential and deeper level where true unconditional love resides). My own Book emphasized clearly the main purpose for faith in this Qur'anic verse: "Unless you love others as you love yourself, you have no faith at all". It is starkly inferred here that love is the essential purpose of faith; and love is truly the working of the heart not the mind. However, I also share the contention that reason and logic (mind level) is quite important on the awareness process and unless you pass through this process effectively you may not succeed in reaching the deeper experiential level which is the ultimate goal. When you had reached this deeper level, it would seem that reason which is the work of the intellectual mind plays a secondary role and not much important to you, and thus religious dogmas and rituals become secondary or even immaterial to you, as mystic Muslims do. Faith is mainly intellectual but spirituality is experiential. But it is clear, on the Islamic view, you need faith before you attain spirituality. Faith and spirituality however are not confined or a sole property of religions. I dare say, that even those who have no religion at all can have faith and spirituality, which are unique to them. While this is true, religions also teach ethics where the exercise of love expands into the exercise of justice to ensure righteous relations among God's creation and enhance peaceful co-existence. This is the one that complicate matters for fundamentalists and extremists now a days; as they seem not able to appreciate the notion that justice comes from love; and they are not able to harmonize the two. In reality, what happens is, love is sacrificed into the altar of political expediency and faith does seem to lose it's humanity. Where the struggle for justice is suppose to be influenced by love it is now replaced by anger and violence and thus stripped us of our humanity. Faith have totally lost its meaning in this case.'" ~Maguid Maruhom (October 2014)
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"Conflict is a natural phenomenon, so they say. It is present everywhere, all the time. Every conflict is a possible trigger for violence. What is taught by this piece of history is that, big wars are caused by small conflicts which are easily resolved. Despite our great leap in knowledge, our age had failed to understand the roots of conflicts and had not been doing enough to mitigate it. We are bound to repeat history." ~Maguid Maruhom (June)
"Have we lost our humanity? Have we forgotten that we belong to one another? That we are one in one humanity?" ~Maguid Maruhom (July 2014)
"Respect of one's thought is part of righteousness. The freedom of thought is a universal value that is guaranteed by any religion and nation on earth; though it is also a kind of freedom that should be exercised with responsibility." ~Maguid Maruhom, 10 April 2014
"Boomerangs are like balls you throw to a wall. They bounce back to hit you. It is like committing sins, it goes back to you. For every sin or crime committed there is a concomitant price to pay." ~Maguid Maruhom, FB , 18 November 2012
"Embedded in the spirit is not only intellect but free-will, as well. We are free to choose to believe in God or not. Sadly, many people took to blame God for the many disasters that come our way as a result of unbelief." ~Maguid Maruhom, FB , 18 November 2012
"Environment, along with poverty, is the biggest issue that threatens life, dignity and human existence." ~Maguid Maruhom, FB - 7 January2012
"Intention consummates an action. Bad decisions and actions are not crimes (sins) unless they are borne out of ill-intentions." ~Maguid Maruhom, FB, 12 August 2012
"Staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, dream a lot, and lie about your age." ~from Maguid Maruhom, FB, 20 January 2012
"Deeper wisdom is shared by the great religions of the world." ~Maguid Maruhom. FB, 22 December 2011
"Disasters can be prevented to happen, if not, damage can be reduced to a minimum, if we are only vigilant and ready to respond. People of different faiths and cultures should be ready to join when they have understanding of the deeper meaning of human responsibility." ~Maguid Maruhom. FB, 22 December 2011
"I remember a bishop friend of mine who said: "the heart of revolutions is the revolution in the heart", starkly similar with Prophet Muhammad's saying, "the greater struggle is the struggle within oneself." ~Maguid Maruhom, FB, 22 December 2011
"In my mind, only those who find solace and sublime joy in their hearts and are consciously willing to be meek and compassionate to others have the chance to succeed. Faith in God, hope for humanity and deep realization of human responsibility for love could be the virtues needed to succeed in practicing forgiveness, patience and perseverance; without these, we may never last the long journey in advancing our principles."~Maguid Maruhom, FB, 22 December 2010
"It is hope and faith that sustains us."~Maguid Maruhom, Facebook, Politician- Humanitarian, Schoolmate from Karomatan Lanao del Norte
"It is the machination of the wealthy that fails democracy and makes it work like a dictatorship." ~Maguid Maruhom
"Let's make democracy work the way it should." ~Maguid Maruhom, 3 June 2014
"Life, like a coin, has two sides: the social and spiritual dimensions. It is how you harmonize and integrate these two aspects that gives you the chance to attain the fullness of life"..~Maguid Maruhom, Politician/Humanitarian, Facebook.
"The body is composed of matters, but what matters is the mind and heart." ~Maguid Maruhom
"THE HIGHEST CONTRACT BETWEEN THE SOVEREIGN PEOPLE AND PUBLIC SERVANTS (elected or appointed) is a clause in the Constitution which meant the people are the 'rights holders' (as owners of government) and public servants are 'duty bearers' who must protect and safeguard life, property and liberty of the people at all times and serve the people's well-being to their utmost." ~Maguid Maruhom, 10 May 2016
"The rights and freedom you enjoy now were not served in silver platters, we fought hard battles for them. Your responsibility is to keep and protect them." ~Maguid Maruhom, 19 May 2016
"There is no forever or always; they are illusions, nothing is permanent. Everything arises, and everything passes away. What we can hope for is to make things last longer." ~Maguid Maruhom, FB, 12 August 2012 (rephrased from Buddhist saying.)
"When you put your soul and God in every work you do, everything becomes a worship of God. Don't be afraid of failure because nothing fails when God is present in all you do. Even if you are only thinking of doing it with God, and have not yet started it, you already win something good. This is the deeper motivation for doing good with God always present in your mind and heart. Everything turns to be a worship of your God which will not only make you peaceful but happy too." ~Maguid Maruhom, FB, 27 August 2011
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Jaroslav Seifert - person
"If an ordinary person is silent, it may be a tactical maneuver. If a writer is silent, he is lying."~Jaroslav Seifert
Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
“A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.” ~La Rochefoucauld
"Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire." ~Francois De La Rochefoucauld
"Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire." ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Maximes (1665)
"He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks." ~Francois De La Rochefoucauld
"If we had no faults, we should not take so much pleasure in nothing those of others." ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Maximes (1665)
“Jealousy lives upon doubts, it becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.” ~François Duc de La Rochefoucauld
"Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation." ~Francois De La Rochefoucauld
"One forgives to the degree that one loves." ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
"Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference." ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
"The gratitude of most men is but a secret desire of receiving greater benefits." ~Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld on Gratitude
"The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it." ~FranÇois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld
"The intellect is always fooled by the heart." ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
"The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve." ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“There are few people who are more often in the wrong than those who cannot endure to be so.” ~Francois De La Rochefoucauld
"There are fine things that are more brilliant when they are unfinished than when finished too much." ~Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)
"There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or stimulate it where it does not." ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Maximes (1665)
"To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art." ~François de la Rochefoucauld
"True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen." ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
"We always love those who admire us; we do not always love those whom we admire." ~Francois De La Rochefoucauld
"We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation. " ~Francois De La Rochefoucauld
"We are so accustomed to wearing a disguise before others that eventually we are unable to recognize ourselves."~Francois De La Rochefoucauld
"We credit scarcely any persons with good sense except those who are of our opinion." ~Francois De La Rochefoucauld
"We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them." ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
"We should manage our fortunes as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity." ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“We would often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the motives which produced them.” ~François Duc de La Rochefoucauld on Motives
"When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere." ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Thought for Today - Celebration
"Everyday is a celebration because instead of waiting for happy endings, we open our eyes to the wonder of life, to see the humour and magic in each moment. Delighted in the way things turn out, amazed at the beauty of it all."~Thought for Today, UK
Quotes on DANCE, MUSIC and SONGS
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"Music is as timeless as the emotions that it carries." ~Ray Chen 
"Music is the soul that makes the blood move in the veins of your heart." ~@Leah C Dancel, 13 October 2023
Australian Aboriginal Didgeridoo
Make a large place in your life for music and it will bring you a priceless reward."A culture of music education starts in a school gradually. It comes, always, from a teacher. It doesn't come because you say, "it has to be there because music is good." If you don't have a good teacher, you don't have anything, it doesn't matter whether it's music, maths, English, whatever it is. If you have a good teacher, that will happen. The big difference with music is people don't see it as essential." ~Richard Gill, on ABC RN's 'What Keeps Me Awake'
In the hour of rest, music will lift up your spirit and give refreshment to every faculty of your being.
In the hour of work, you will rejoice in the strength and energy which music has given you.
In the hour of prayer, music will quicken the aspirations of your soul.
In the hour of fellowship, music will blend your spirit with others in unity and understanding.
Source: Inscription in the organ-loft of Whitfields Tabernacle in London published in The Friendship Book of Francis Gay 1987, a priceless gift from my long time friend Carol Ann and her hubby, John Hewer of Oxford, UK during their visit to Australia in November 10-21, 2013.
"A good musician is not built upon a certain set of requirements or criteria but having a unique ability to create music in a way that expresses oneself." ~Oliver Gadista
"A musician is similar to someone who wrote a letter to the loved one. Then decided to read read it out loud instead of sending it." ~Mwanandeke Kindembo
"A musician is similar to someone who wrote a letter to the loved one. Then decided to read read it out loud instead of sending it." ~Mwanandeke Kindembo
"A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he be at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be." ~Abraham Maslow
"A river is music to those that listen." ~Anon
"A song is poetry with notes you can sing with." ~Leah C. Dancel, March 22, 2018
"After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." ~Aldous Huxley, Rest is Noise
“And hears thy stormy music in the drum!” ~Thomas Campbell
“And heaven had wanted one immortal song.” ~John Dryden on Songs
"Classical music does not belong to the elite - I want to open the door and bring it back to the people where it belongs." "Contrary to popular opinion, classical music does not have to be enjoyed amid exclusive circles, there need not be any snobbishness attached to it. It's there for everyone. I play for the people." ~Andre Rieu
"Close your eyes, listen to the sounds. This is the music of the world." ~Anon
"Contrary to popular opinion, classical music does not have to be enjoyed amid exclusive circles, there need not be any snobbishness attached to it. It's there for everyone. I play for the people." ~Andre Rieu
"Dear Music, Thanks for clearing my head, healing my heart, and lifting my spirits." ~Lori Deschene
"Don't be afraid to create the music you were born to make, release your heart in such sweet melody, your soul in the rhythm, and your deepest wishes in the lyrics." ~Han Solos Smile
"Don't call old songs ugly. Their lyrics are more meaningful than some songs nowadays." ~Knowledge is Power
"Don’t die with your music still inside you. Listen to your intuitive inner voice and find what passion stirs your soul. Listen to that inner voice, and don’t get to the end of your life and say, ‘What if my whole life has been wrong?” ~Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
"A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he be at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be." ~Abraham Maslow
"A river is music to those that listen." ~Anon
"A song is poetry with notes you can sing with." ~Leah C. Dancel, March 22, 2018
"After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." ~Aldous Huxley, Rest is Noise
“And hears thy stormy music in the drum!” ~Thomas Campbell
“And heaven had wanted one immortal song.” ~John Dryden on Songs
"And in a painting I’d like to say something consoling, like a piece of music.” ~Vincent van Gogh, September 1888
"And the song, from beginning to end, I found in the heart of a friend." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” ~Friedrich Nietzsche
"At sunrise, the blue sky paints herself with gold colors and joyfully dances to the music of a morning breeze." ~Debasish Mridha
"Be Fearless: May your precious soul become a radiant light that dances among the shadows of all your fears and doubts." ~Robert Clancy
"Be Silent and listen to the music of your Soul. It will inspire you and guide you where YOU are meant to BE." ~BELIEVE
"And the song, from beginning to end, I found in the heart of a friend." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” ~Friedrich Nietzsche
"At sunrise, the blue sky paints herself with gold colors and joyfully dances to the music of a morning breeze." ~Debasish Mridha
"Be Fearless: May your precious soul become a radiant light that dances among the shadows of all your fears and doubts." ~Robert Clancy
"Be Silent and listen to the music of your Soul. It will inspire you and guide you where YOU are meant to BE." ~BELIEVE
"Classical music does not belong to the elite - I want to open the door and bring it back to the people where it belongs." "Contrary to popular opinion, classical music does not have to be enjoyed amid exclusive circles, there need not be any snobbishness attached to it. It's there for everyone. I play for the people." ~Andre Rieu
"Close your eyes, listen to the sounds. This is the music of the world." ~Anon
"Contrary to popular opinion, classical music does not have to be enjoyed amid exclusive circles, there need not be any snobbishness attached to it. It's there for everyone. I play for the people." ~Andre Rieu
"Dear Music, Thanks for clearing my head, healing my heart, and lifting my spirits." ~Lori Deschene
"Don't be afraid to create the music you were born to make, release your heart in such sweet melody, your soul in the rhythm, and your deepest wishes in the lyrics." ~Han Solos Smile
"Don't call old songs ugly. Their lyrics are more meaningful than some songs nowadays." ~Knowledge is Power
"Don’t die with your music still inside you. Listen to your intuitive inner voice and find what passion stirs your soul. Listen to that inner voice, and don’t get to the end of your life and say, ‘What if my whole life has been wrong?” ~Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
"Don't look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just DANCE." ~Anne Lamott
"Each of us has an inner accompanying music and if others also hear it, it's called the personality." ~Anon
"Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance." ~Oprah Winfrey
"Every tree and plant in the meadow seemed to be dancing, those which average eyes would see as fixed and still." ~Rumi
"Find what makes your Heart sing and create your own music." ~Mac Anderson
“Flowers are the music of the earth." ~Marty Rubin
"Friendship is like a violin; the music may stop now and then, but the strings will last forever." ~Girlfriend Social, Twitter
"FRIENDSHIP is like music...two strings similarly tuned. they will vibrate together though touch one. Can you play " my music" my friend?" ~Esther Bustamante
"Great music is as much about the space between the notes as it is about the notes themselves." ~Sting
"I'm enjoying the sound of rain pattering on the roof of my cozy little abode. It is the perfect musical accompaniment to a good book." ~Edie Talley
"I believe in music the way that some people believe in fairy tales." ~August Rush
"I believe the greatest works of music are engines of empathy: they allow us to travel without moving into other lives, ages, souls. They are also robust: they can handle you multitasking all around them, fitting them into your real life." ~Clemency Burton-Hill (ABC Classic FM)
“I discovered the miracle that all things that sound are music, including the dishes and silverware in the dishwasher, as long as they fulfill the illusion of showing us where life is heading.” ~from LIVING TO TELL THE TALE by Gabriel García Márquez
"I don't know if music can change the world overnight but I do know that music can help someone make it through a difficult night." ~Words to Heal the Soul
"I find beauty in the rain. Embrace all the storms that comes into your life and learn how to dance with it." ~Raquel Geralde Villanueva
"I've found that no matter what life throws at me, music softens the blow." ~Bryce W. Anderson
"I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it." ~Igor Stravinsky
"I know there's music in heaven, because it has the ability to touch your very soul. It can raise your vibration and have a deep rooted spiritual effect on you." ~Anon
"I love music. For me, music is morning coffee. It's mood medicine. It's pure magic. A good song is like a good meal ― I just want to inhale it and then share a bite with someone else." ~Hoda Kotb
"I love the way the musical material in Handel’s Dixit Dominus talks - hectoring, asking, answering, arguing, agreeing, shouting, whispering; and how its musical characters walk in to scenes, trip, run, stride out, sit down and become quiet." ~Jonathan Grieves-Smith – guest conductor for our upcoming Dixit Dominus performance.
"Each of us has an inner accompanying music and if others also hear it, it's called the personality." ~Anon
"Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance." ~Oprah Winfrey
"Every tree and plant in the meadow seemed to be dancing, those which average eyes would see as fixed and still." ~Rumi
"Find what makes your Heart sing and create your own music." ~Mac Anderson
“Flowers are the music of the earth." ~Marty Rubin
"Friendship is like a violin; the music may stop now and then, but the strings will last forever." ~Girlfriend Social, Twitter
"FRIENDSHIP is like music...two strings similarly tuned. they will vibrate together though touch one. Can you play " my music" my friend?" ~Esther Bustamante
"Great music is as much about the space between the notes as it is about the notes themselves." ~Sting
"I'm enjoying the sound of rain pattering on the roof of my cozy little abode. It is the perfect musical accompaniment to a good book." ~Edie Talley
"I believe in music the way that some people believe in fairy tales." ~August Rush
"I believe the greatest works of music are engines of empathy: they allow us to travel without moving into other lives, ages, souls. They are also robust: they can handle you multitasking all around them, fitting them into your real life." ~Clemency Burton-Hill (ABC Classic FM)
“I discovered the miracle that all things that sound are music, including the dishes and silverware in the dishwasher, as long as they fulfill the illusion of showing us where life is heading.” ~from LIVING TO TELL THE TALE by Gabriel García Márquez
"I don't know if music can change the world overnight but I do know that music can help someone make it through a difficult night." ~Words to Heal the Soul
"I find beauty in the rain. Embrace all the storms that comes into your life and learn how to dance with it." ~Raquel Geralde Villanueva
"I've found that no matter what life throws at me, music softens the blow." ~Bryce W. Anderson
"I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it." ~Igor Stravinsky
"I know there's music in heaven, because it has the ability to touch your very soul. It can raise your vibration and have a deep rooted spiritual effect on you." ~Anon
"I love music. For me, music is morning coffee. It's mood medicine. It's pure magic. A good song is like a good meal ― I just want to inhale it and then share a bite with someone else." ~Hoda Kotb
"I love the way the musical material in Handel’s Dixit Dominus talks - hectoring, asking, answering, arguing, agreeing, shouting, whispering; and how its musical characters walk in to scenes, trip, run, stride out, sit down and become quiet." ~Jonathan Grieves-Smith – guest conductor for our upcoming Dixit Dominus performance.
"I make music for those who love to feel, no matter the consequences. Follow me for your daily dose of divine imperfection." ~Wayne Joseph
"I make music to touch the souls of people as it's a language we all can speak." ~Andre Rieu
“If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week.” ~Charles Darwin, The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, 1809–82
"If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: The Only Proof He Needed for the Existence of God Was Music." ~Kurt Vonnegut
"If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music." ~Albert Einstein
"If music be the food of love, play on,
Give me excess of it; that surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die.”
~William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
"If you fall get back up , if you can't get up by yourself ask for a hand , go out and find something that brings a song to your heart and let those notes also bring music to the world." ~Kevin Mitchell, "Falling Down"
"If you listen, not to the pages or preachers but to the smallest flower growing from a crack in your heart, you will hear a great song moving across a wide ocean whose water is the music; connecting all the islands of the universe together, and touching all you will feel it touching you around you, embracing you with light. It is in that light that everything lives and will always be alive." ~John Squadra
"If you love music, hear it; go to operas, concerts and pay fiddlers to play to you; but I insist on your neither piping nor fiddling yourself. It puts a gentleman in a very frivolous, contemptible light. Few things would mortify me more than to see you bearing a part in a concert, with a fiddle under your chin, or a pipe in your mouth." ~Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, 4th Earl
"If you want to hear the angels sing, listen to the love songs preformed by the magnificence within your heart." ~Robert Clancy
"If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together." ~Richard Milhous Nixon
"In a different mode, or another plane of being, music is the equivalent of some of man’s most significant and most inexpressible experiences. By mysterious analogy it evokes in the mind of the listener, sometimes the phantom of these experiences, sometimes even the experiences themselves in their full force of life — it is a question of intensity; the phantom is dim, the reality, near and burning. Music may call up either; it is chance or providence which decides. The intermittences of the heart are subject to no known law." ~Aldous Huxley
"In music the passions enjoy themselves." ~Fred Nietzsche
"Music could ache and hurt, that beautiful music was a place a suffering man could hide." ~Pat Conroy
“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent” ~Victor Hugo
"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, gaiety and life to everything. It is the essence of order and leads to all that is good, just and beautiful, of which it is the invisible, but nevertheless dazzling, passionate and eternal form." ~Plato
"Music has a power of forming the character, and should therefore be introduced into the education of the young." ~Aristotle
"Music has a powerful hold of most people, it can make you cry, reminisce or fill you with pure excitement and ecstasy! Sometimes the good vibes are so strong that all you want to do is jump up on stage and join the fun." ~Harry Bartlett
"Music has a way of touching the soul in a way that nothing else can." ~Plato
"Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast. To soften rocks, or bend the knotted oak." ~William Congreve (1670-1629)
"Music in the soul can be heard by the universe." ~Lao Tzu
"Music is a common language which transcends caste, colour and creed." ~Drums of Peace, Resonance
"Music is a form of prayer, uniting people everywhere. Transcending language, time and race - rhythm building at a pace will transform any place into a holy, sacred space." ~Joanne Fink
"Music is a higher revelation than any wisdom or philosophy." ~Bettina Brentano (a letter to Goethe) attributed to Beethoven
"Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." ~Ludwig van Beethoven
"Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand." ~Stevie Wonder
"Music is an outburst of the soul." ~Anon
"Music is full of internal imperfections. Like the crystal, imperfections make you uniquely beautiful, and I celebrate them here with imperfect music." ~Wayne Joseph
"Music is God's little reminder that there's something else besides us in this universe, a harmonic connection between all living beings, everywhere, even the stars." ~August Rush, movie
"Music is in all aspects of your life." ~Deniz Inan
"My body no longer belonged to me. My arms, my legs, my head, all moved wildly over the dance floor unconnected to my thoughts. I gave myself to the dance, and all the while I could hear distinctly the transit of the stars, the shifting of the tides, the racing of the wind. This was truly what it meant to dance." ~from “The Dancing Dwarf” by Haruki Murakami
"Nature is so powerful, so strong. Capturing its essence is not easy - your work becomes a dance with light and the weather. It takes you to a place within yourself." ~Annie Leibovitz
"She dances to the songs in her head, speaks with the rhythm of her heart, and loves from the depths of her soul." ~Dean Jackson
"Silence is more musical than any song." ~Christina Rossetti
So many things I wanted to tell you through the years, but you were in heaven dancing with the angels." ~Inspire Your Beautiful Soul
"Soft is the music that would charm for ever
The flowers of sweetest smell is shy and lowly."
~Jane Beech
"Someone asked me: 'Why do you love music so much?' I replied: 'Because it's the only thing that stays when everything and everyone is gone.'" ~Anon
“Sometimes I sensed that the books I read in rapid succession had set up some sort of murmur among themselves, transforming my head into an orchestra pit where different musical instruments sounded out, and I would realize that I could endure this life because of these musicales going on in my head.” ~Orhan Pamuk, The New Life
"The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The earth has music for those who listen." ~George Santayana
"The earth has music for those who listen." ~William Shakespeare
"The fact that he (Andre Rieu) plays the most beautiful music, continuously, is certainly a credit to his love of music, his life and what he does for us all. In promoting music and a happiness we can all share, he seems to have brought millions of people together in a time when compassion, music and laughter is so needed." ~Marlene Warren
"The highest goal of music is to connect one's soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment." ~Phythagoras
"When you march to the beat of your own drum, your true tribe will hear your music and find you". ~Tamara Star
"When you're happy, you enjoy the music; when you're sad, you understand the lyrics." ~Frank Ocean
“When you truly sing, you sing yourself free. When you truly dance, you dance yourself free. When you walk in the mountains or swim in the sea, again, you set yourself free.” ~Jay Woodman
"Where words fail, music speaks." ~Hans Christian Andersen
“Where words leave off, music begins.” ~Heinrich Heine
“Who hears music, feels his solitude
Peopled at once.” ~Robert Browning
“Without music, life would be a mistake.” ~Friedrich Nietzsche
"Words make you think. Music makes you feel. A song makes you feel a thought." ~E. Y. Harburg
"You can turn the sound of your tears into Music!" ~Leah C. Dancel, 3 October 2013
"You have woken up late, lost and perplexed. But don't rush to your books looking for knowledge. Pick up a flute instead and let your heart play." ~Rumi
"You love someone because ... They sing a song only you can hear... " ~Sue Fitzmaurice
"Your music has a hypnotic quality that mirrors a great Age of the past." ~Louis Arevalos on Deniz Inan musical compositions dated 21 February 2016
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"Dance a bit and sing to be stress free." ~George Favis
"Dance is a conversation between the body and soul." ~Anon
"Embrace the whispers of your soul, dance with the stars." ~Rumi
"Every experience in your life is a beautiful dance of information calling you to choose expansion and creation for the Self." ~Jamye Price
“Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances." ~Maya Angelou
“For truth to tell, dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education: dancing with the feet, with ideas, with words, and, need I add that one must also be able to dance with pen- that one must learn how to write” ~Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols
"Hope is the ability to hear the melody of the future.
Faith is the ability to dance to it today."
~Anon
“I guess there's no better place to dance than a slick surface next to a glass door.” ~Jerry Seinfeld
“I knew I was happy when I was dancing." ~Ajay Naidu
"It was not until she had ceased her longing that his whistling reached her Being through the fogs, and he had abandoned his fears that he heard her Siren Song more deeply than it had ever been heard before, and it was in the mist of their music that they surrendered to a magical dance that united Sea and Earth." ~Sus Kongsbak Larsen
"Laughter is the sound of the soul dancing." ~Ethel Pineda
"Let there be spaces in your togetherness, and let the winds of the heavens dance between you." ~Khalil Gibran
"Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair..." ~Susan Polis Shutz
"Living a spiritual life may not be easy. It demands total authenticity. It brings you to dance to a unique song that only you can hear fully, and sometimes you dance alone because no others can hear the music." ~Debra Moffitt
"May today be your day to dance lightly with life." ~Jonathan Lockwood Huie
"No one else can dance your dance. No one else can sing your song. No one else can write your story." ~Lisa Nichols
"She dances to the songs in her head, speaks with the rhythm of her heart, and loves from the depths of her soul." ~Dean Jackson
"Sometimes you dance with a partner, and sometimes you dance alone, but the important thing is to keep dancing." ~Jack Canfield
"The dance between darkness and light will always remain - the stars and the moon will always need the darkness to be seen, the darkness will just not be worth having without the moon and stars." ~C. Joybell C.
"To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love...." ~Jane Austen
"We cannot make another person change his or her steps to an old dance, but if we change our own steps, the dance no longer can continue in the same predictable pattern." ~Harriet Lerner
“You can dance anywhere, even if only in your heart.” ~Anon
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"Grief and Sadness to me often feels like a Beautiful Waltz~ we have to learn to give ourselves space and time to dance this dance. Everything has a way of dancing; even the molecules inside the cells of our body dance. More often than not we choose the backward steps of the waltz making us very heavy on our feet, not easy for our partners ~friends and lost loved ones that are leading us through this dance." ~Blue Heart Connections
"Sometimes, it's not the song that makes you emotional. It's the people and things that come to your mind when you hear it." ~Anon
"Songs are only as sad as the listener." ~Anon
That's the amazing thing about music: there's a song for every emotion. Can you imagine a world without music? It would suck." ~Harry Styles
"The flute of the infinite is played without ceasing and its sound is love." ~Kabir
"This is the time when sweet desire weds wild delight... We meet in the time of flowering, to dance the dance of life." ~Starhawk, The Spiral Dance
“…To study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly … to listen to stars and buds, to babes and sages, with open heart; await occasions, hurry never … this is my symphony.” ~ William Henry Channing, Memoir of William Henry Channing,1886
"I make music to touch the souls of people as it's a language we all can speak." ~Andre Rieu
“If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week.” ~Charles Darwin, The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, 1809–82
"If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: The Only Proof He Needed for the Existence of God Was Music." ~Kurt Vonnegut
"If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music." ~Albert Einstein
"If music be the food of love, play on,
Give me excess of it; that surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die.”
~William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
"If you fall get back up , if you can't get up by yourself ask for a hand , go out and find something that brings a song to your heart and let those notes also bring music to the world." ~Kevin Mitchell, "Falling Down"
"If you listen, not to the pages or preachers but to the smallest flower growing from a crack in your heart, you will hear a great song moving across a wide ocean whose water is the music; connecting all the islands of the universe together, and touching all you will feel it touching you around you, embracing you with light. It is in that light that everything lives and will always be alive." ~John Squadra
"If you love music, hear it; go to operas, concerts and pay fiddlers to play to you; but I insist on your neither piping nor fiddling yourself. It puts a gentleman in a very frivolous, contemptible light. Few things would mortify me more than to see you bearing a part in a concert, with a fiddle under your chin, or a pipe in your mouth." ~Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, 4th Earl
"If you want to hear the angels sing, listen to the love songs preformed by the magnificence within your heart." ~Robert Clancy
"If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together." ~Richard Milhous Nixon
"In a different mode, or another plane of being, music is the equivalent of some of man’s most significant and most inexpressible experiences. By mysterious analogy it evokes in the mind of the listener, sometimes the phantom of these experiences, sometimes even the experiences themselves in their full force of life — it is a question of intensity; the phantom is dim, the reality, near and burning. Music may call up either; it is chance or providence which decides. The intermittences of the heart are subject to no known law." ~Aldous Huxley
"In music the passions enjoy themselves." ~Fred Nietzsche
"In the depth of thankfulness, each breath is beautiful song." ~Gede Prama
"In the hour of rest, music will lift up your spirit and give refreshment to every faculty of your being." ~Anon, FBFG1987
"It's easy to dismiss him (Andre Rieu) as a showman - but he is so much more. He is a very, very talented violinist and a great musician. His attention to detail is awesome. He knows every note, every song, every seat in the hall, every colour in his posters - he is right across everything with his fastidious attention to detail." ~Richard Wilkins
"It's better to dance that to march through life." ~Yoko Ono
"It is essential to our well-being, and to our lives, that we play and enjoy life. Every single day do something that makes your heart sing." ~Marcia Wieder
"It's okay if you're the only one who can hear the music of your soul. Dance to it anyway." ~Sue Krebs / SoulSpeaking
"It is with the body that you dance. But it is with the soul that you feel the music." ~Anon
"Kind words are the music of the world." ~Frederick William Faber
"Lend your ears to music, open your eyes to painting, and... stop thinking! Just ask yourself whether the work has enabled you to 'walk about' into a hitherto unknown world." ~Wassily Kandinsky
"Let us not get so busy or live so fast that we can't listen to the music of the meadow or the symphony that glorifies the forest. Some things in the world are far more important than wealth; one of them is the ability to enjoy simple things." ~Dale Carnegie
"Life, he realize, was much like a song. In the beginning there is mystery, in the end there is confirmation, but it's in the middle where all the emotion resides to make the whole thing worthwhile.” ~Nicholas Sparks, The Last Song
"In the hour of rest, music will lift up your spirit and give refreshment to every faculty of your being." ~Anon, FBFG1987
"It's easy to dismiss him (Andre Rieu) as a showman - but he is so much more. He is a very, very talented violinist and a great musician. His attention to detail is awesome. He knows every note, every song, every seat in the hall, every colour in his posters - he is right across everything with his fastidious attention to detail." ~Richard Wilkins
"It's better to dance that to march through life." ~Yoko Ono
"It is essential to our well-being, and to our lives, that we play and enjoy life. Every single day do something that makes your heart sing." ~Marcia Wieder
"It's okay if you're the only one who can hear the music of your soul. Dance to it anyway." ~Sue Krebs / SoulSpeaking
"It is with the body that you dance. But it is with the soul that you feel the music." ~Anon
"Kind words are the music of the world." ~Frederick William Faber
"Lend your ears to music, open your eyes to painting, and... stop thinking! Just ask yourself whether the work has enabled you to 'walk about' into a hitherto unknown world." ~Wassily Kandinsky
"Let us not get so busy or live so fast that we can't listen to the music of the meadow or the symphony that glorifies the forest. Some things in the world are far more important than wealth; one of them is the ability to enjoy simple things." ~Dale Carnegie
"Life, he realize, was much like a song. In the beginning there is mystery, in the end there is confirmation, but it's in the middle where all the emotion resides to make the whole thing worthwhile.” ~Nicholas Sparks, The Last Song
“Life is a dance, enjoy every step.” ~Anthony Douglas Williams
"Life is like a dance one must know when to move and when not to, and never to hesitate." ~Bloch-Jorgensen
"Life is like a piano. The white keys represent happiness and the black keys show sadness. BUT as you go through
life’s journey, remember that the black keys too make music." ~Anon
“Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music.” ~George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss, first published on this day in 1860 from Everyman's Library
"Listening to music feels empowering. Put on your favourite album or that one you keep meaning to dive into, turn up the volume, and cut out all other distractions so that you can really experience the music." ~Nada Ali
"Listening to music taps into your brain’s imagination and sense of self-identity, boosts your self-esteem, and lessens feelings of isolation." ~Nada Ali
"Love is a friendship set to music." ~Joseph Campbell
"Life is like a dance one must know when to move and when not to, and never to hesitate." ~Bloch-Jorgensen
"Life is like a piano. The white keys represent happiness and the black keys show sadness. BUT as you go through
life’s journey, remember that the black keys too make music." ~Anon
“Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music.” ~George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss, first published on this day in 1860 from Everyman's Library
"Listening to music feels empowering. Put on your favourite album or that one you keep meaning to dive into, turn up the volume, and cut out all other distractions so that you can really experience the music." ~Nada Ali
"Listening to music taps into your brain’s imagination and sense of self-identity, boosts your self-esteem, and lessens feelings of isolation." ~Nada Ali
"Love is a friendship set to music." ~Joseph Campbell
“Magic exists. Who can doubt it, when there are rainbows and wildflowers, the music of the wind and the silence of the stars? Anyone who has loved has been touched by magic. It is such a simple and such an extraordinary part of the lives we live.” ~Nora Roberts
"Melody is, and ever will be, the very flower of music." ~August W. Ambros
"My dream is to make the whole of classical music accessible for everyone." ~Andre Rieu
"Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul." ~Plato
"Music becomes my best friend when no one understands me." ~Anon
"Music brings a warm glow to my vision, thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering." ~Haruki Murakami
"Music can cure things. Medication can't." ~Spirit Science
“Music . . . can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.” ~Leonard Bernstein
"Music can touch a soul like nothing else, when all other things are too raw, when all other things seem too distant … whether you need to listen or play, it's a beautiful thing." ~Anon
"Melody is, and ever will be, the very flower of music." ~August W. Ambros
"My dream is to make the whole of classical music accessible for everyone." ~Andre Rieu
"Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul." ~Plato
"Music becomes my best friend when no one understands me." ~Anon
"Music brings a warm glow to my vision, thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering." ~Haruki Murakami
"Music can cure things. Medication can't." ~Spirit Science
“Music . . . can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.” ~Leonard Bernstein
"Music can touch a soul like nothing else, when all other things are too raw, when all other things seem too distant … whether you need to listen or play, it's a beautiful thing." ~Anon
"Music comes from an icicle as it melts, to live again as spring water." ~Henry Williamson
"Music could ache and hurt, that beautiful music was a place a suffering man could hide." ~Pat Conroy
“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent” ~Victor Hugo
"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, gaiety and life to everything. It is the essence of order and leads to all that is good, just and beautiful, of which it is the invisible, but nevertheless dazzling, passionate and eternal form." ~Plato
"Music has a power of forming the character, and should therefore be introduced into the education of the young." ~Aristotle
"Music has a powerful hold of most people, it can make you cry, reminisce or fill you with pure excitement and ecstasy! Sometimes the good vibes are so strong that all you want to do is jump up on stage and join the fun." ~Harry Bartlett
"Music has a way of touching the soul in a way that nothing else can." ~Plato
"Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast. To soften rocks, or bend the knotted oak." ~William Congreve (1670-1629)
"Music in the soul can be heard by the universe." ~Lao Tzu
"Music is a common language which transcends caste, colour and creed." ~Drums of Peace, Resonance
"Music is a form of prayer, uniting people everywhere. Transcending language, time and race - rhythm building at a pace will transform any place into a holy, sacred space." ~Joanne Fink
"Music is a higher revelation than any wisdom or philosophy." ~Bettina Brentano (a letter to Goethe) attributed to Beethoven
"Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." ~Ludwig van Beethoven
"Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand." ~Stevie Wonder
"Music is an outburst of the soul." ~Anon
"Music is full of internal imperfections. Like the crystal, imperfections make you uniquely beautiful, and I celebrate them here with imperfect music." ~Wayne Joseph
"Music is God's little reminder that there's something else besides us in this universe, a harmonic connection between all living beings, everywhere, even the stars." ~August Rush, movie
"Music is in all aspects of your life." ~Deniz Inan
"Music is liquid architecture; Architecture is frozen music." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Music is love in search of a word." ~Sidney Lanier
"Music is my breath, my blood, my life, my everything." ~Andre Rieu
"Music is my conviction to what the world doesn't know about me." ~Luna Miranda
"Music is one way that we have to rejoice to be alive and feel good about our lives." ~Katie LynnJanae' D'Alessandro, FB, 16 September 2011
“Music is poetry composed with notes” ~Leah C. Dancel
"Music is so much more than notes and lyrics - it's our connection to who we are, who we're with, and where we're going. And when the right song plays at the very moment we needed it most, all is right with the world." ~Melanie Rogers Jimenez
"Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents." ~Ludwig van Beethoven
"Music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything else can have in common." ~Sarah Dessen
"Music is the invisible world made visible through sound." ~Aging Gracefully
"Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife." ~Kahlil Gibran
"Music is the mediator between spiritual and sensual life." ~Ludwig van Beethoven
"Music is the medicine of the breaking heart." ~Leigh Hunt
"Music is the moonlight in the gloomy night of life." ~Jean Paul Friedrich Richter
"... music is the most wonderful vehicle for journeys deep into the soul." ~Annette Hedworth on Deniz Inan "Kayo’s Journey”dated November 29, 2015
"Music is the only thing I've ever known that doesn't have any rules at all." ~Josh Homme
“Music is the shorthand of emotion.” ~Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
"Music is the soundtrack of our lives." ~Dick Clark (FB/sixties and 60)
"Music is love in search of a word." ~Sidney Lanier
"Music is my breath, my blood, my life, my everything." ~Andre Rieu
"Music is my conviction to what the world doesn't know about me." ~Luna Miranda
"Music is one way that we have to rejoice to be alive and feel good about our lives." ~Katie LynnJanae' D'Alessandro, FB, 16 September 2011
“Music is poetry composed with notes” ~Leah C. Dancel
"Music is so much more than notes and lyrics - it's our connection to who we are, who we're with, and where we're going. And when the right song plays at the very moment we needed it most, all is right with the world." ~Melanie Rogers Jimenez
"Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents." ~Ludwig van Beethoven
"Music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything else can have in common." ~Sarah Dessen
"Music is the invisible world made visible through sound." ~Aging Gracefully
"Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife." ~Kahlil Gibran
"Music is the mediator between spiritual and sensual life." ~Ludwig van Beethoven
"Music is the medicine of the breaking heart." ~Leigh Hunt
"Music is the moonlight in the gloomy night of life." ~Jean Paul Friedrich Richter
"... music is the most wonderful vehicle for journeys deep into the soul." ~Annette Hedworth on Deniz Inan "Kayo’s Journey”dated November 29, 2015
"Music is the only thing I've ever known that doesn't have any rules at all." ~Josh Homme
“Music is the shorthand of emotion.” ~Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
"Music is the soundtrack of our lives." ~Dick Clark (FB/sixties and 60)
"Music is the universal language par excellence and it is enough to put your mouth to your heart and everything begins to flow. Very grateful for such a valuable gift." ~Alex Gonzalez
"Music is the universal language of mankind." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"Music is the universal language that everyone speaks." ~
"Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows." ~Napoleon Bonaparte
"Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence." ~Robert Fripp
“Music is to the soul what words are to the mind.” ~Modest Mouse, Modest Mouse
"Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves - which is the same thing nowadays." ~Oscar Wilde
"Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together." ~Anais Nin
"Music overwhelmed me, soaked into my skin like water." ~Jodi Meadows
"Music uplifts the soul to realms above. The ashes glow, the latent fires increase. We listen and are fed with joy and peace." ~Rumi
“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.” ~Maya Angelou
"Music was my first love
and it will be my last.
Music of the future
and music of the past.
To live without my music
would be impossible to do.
In this world of troubles,
my music pulls me through."
~John Miles
"Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence." ~Robert Fripp
“Music is to the soul what words are to the mind.” ~Modest Mouse, Modest Mouse
"Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves - which is the same thing nowadays." ~Oscar Wilde
"Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together." ~Anais Nin
"Music overwhelmed me, soaked into my skin like water." ~Jodi Meadows
"Music uplifts the soul to realms above. The ashes glow, the latent fires increase. We listen and are fed with joy and peace." ~Rumi
“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.” ~Maya Angelou
"Music was my first love
and it will be my last.
Music of the future
and music of the past.
To live without my music
would be impossible to do.
In this world of troubles,
my music pulls me through."
~John Miles
"Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." ~Berthold Auerbach
"Music will show you what to do with your life." ~Ralph Vaughan Williams
"Music will show you what to do with your life." ~Ralph Vaughan Williams
"My accent is my music." ~Project Nightfall
"My body no longer belonged to me. My arms, my legs, my head, all moved wildly over the dance floor unconnected to my thoughts. I gave myself to the dance, and all the while I could hear distinctly the transit of the stars, the shifting of the tides, the racing of the wind. This was truly what it meant to dance." ~from “The Dancing Dwarf” by Haruki Murakami
"Nature is so powerful, so strong. Capturing its essence is not easy - your work becomes a dance with light and the weather. It takes you to a place within yourself." ~Annie Leibovitz
"Nothing like music, song and dance to make a memory last." ~Joffre Balce
"Old love songs still have the most beautiful lines." ~Anon
"On a piano, you can play some sort if a tune on the back items alone, and some sort of a tune on the white notes, but for real music, black and white must be played together. So, black and white races must learn to live together in harmony." ~Dr. James Emmanuel Kwegyir Aggrey (TFBFG 1987 from Carol Ann Hewer)
"Once upon a time … there was the simple understanding that to sing at dawn and to sing at dusk was to heal the world through joy. The birds still remember what we have forgotten, that the world is meant to be celebrated." ~Terry Tempest Williams
"One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain." ~Bob Marley
"Part of being a Master is learning how to sing in nobody's voice but your own." ~Hugh Macleod
"Old love songs still have the most beautiful lines." ~Anon
"On a piano, you can play some sort if a tune on the back items alone, and some sort of a tune on the white notes, but for real music, black and white must be played together. So, black and white races must learn to live together in harmony." ~Dr. James Emmanuel Kwegyir Aggrey (TFBFG 1987 from Carol Ann Hewer)
"Once upon a time … there was the simple understanding that to sing at dawn and to sing at dusk was to heal the world through joy. The birds still remember what we have forgotten, that the world is meant to be celebrated." ~Terry Tempest Williams
"One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain." ~Bob Marley
"Part of being a Master is learning how to sing in nobody's voice but your own." ~Hugh Macleod
"Poem is to words as music is to heartstrings. Their common attribute is a rhythm that emphasizes emotion. This is important in creating musical poetry " ~Leah C. Dancel, July 21, 2021,
#FPBQuote 5, Music and Poetry
"Poetry has rhythm like music.
The strings like pen dictates the mood
Happy or sad, broken or whole
Still touches the heart and soul."
~Winnie Dacoco-Carmona
"She dances to the songs in her head, speaks with the rhythm of her heart, and loves from the depths of her soul." ~Dean Jackson
"Silence is more musical than any song." ~Christina Rossetti
So many things I wanted to tell you through the years, but you were in heaven dancing with the angels." ~Inspire Your Beautiful Soul
"Soft is the music that would charm for ever
The flowers of sweetest smell is shy and lowly."
~Jane Beech
"Someone asked me: 'Why do you love music so much?' I replied: 'Because it's the only thing that stays when everything and everyone is gone.'" ~Anon
“Sometimes I sensed that the books I read in rapid succession had set up some sort of murmur among themselves, transforming my head into an orchestra pit where different musical instruments sounded out, and I would realize that I could endure this life because of these musicales going on in my head.” ~Orhan Pamuk, The New Life
"The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The earth has music for those who listen." ~George Santayana
"The earth has music for those who listen." ~William Shakespeare
"The fact that he (Andre Rieu) plays the most beautiful music, continuously, is certainly a credit to his love of music, his life and what he does for us all. In promoting music and a happiness we can all share, he seems to have brought millions of people together in a time when compassion, music and laughter is so needed." ~Marlene Warren
"The highest goal of music is to connect one's soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment." ~Phythagoras
"The joy that’s inherent in music is meant to be shared.” ~RAY CHEN
"The magic's in the music, and the music's in me." ~John Sebastian
"The man that hath no music in himself, nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, strategems, and spoils; the motions of his spirit are as dull as night, and his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted. Mark the music." ~William Shakespeare
"The moment in between what you once were, and who you are now becoming, is where the dance of life really takes place." ~Barbara De Angelis
"The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between." ~Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"The music of Mozart is of such purity and beauty that one feels he merely found it — that it has always existed as part of the inner beauty of the universe waiting to be revealed." ~Albert Einstein
"The magic's in the music, and the music's in me." ~John Sebastian
"The man that hath no music in himself, nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, strategems, and spoils; the motions of his spirit are as dull as night, and his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted. Mark the music." ~William Shakespeare
"The moment in between what you once were, and who you are now becoming, is where the dance of life really takes place." ~Barbara De Angelis
"The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between." ~Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"The music of Mozart is of such purity and beauty that one feels he merely found it — that it has always existed as part of the inner beauty of the universe waiting to be revealed." ~Albert Einstein
“The music that touches you in your youth is magnified as you get older. Each record can be a virtual time machine - all you need is to hear a second or two and you go back to that place and time when you first heard it. It’s a brilliant feeling when music touches you so profoundly and stays with you through time.” ~ Rob Halford
"The naturalness and flow of music and its innate connectedness to nature forces the individual to surrender to her/his humble connectedness to all that there is and ever was and one's absoulute equality with all human beings and the unitive force of humanity. .." ~Katharina Katharina FB
"The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes - ah, that is where the art resides." ~Artur Schnabel
"The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing." ~James Brown
“The only escape from the miseries of life are music and cats...” ~Albert Schweitzer
“The only truth is music.” ~Jack Kerouac
"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." ~Alan Watts
"The power of music, whether joyous or cathartic, must steal on one unawares, come spontaneously as a blessing or a grace." ~Oliver Sacks (b. July 9, 1933) in Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
"The silence sank like music on my heart." ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Mariner
"The naturalness and flow of music and its innate connectedness to nature forces the individual to surrender to her/his humble connectedness to all that there is and ever was and one's absoulute equality with all human beings and the unitive force of humanity. .." ~Katharina Katharina FB
"The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes - ah, that is where the art resides." ~Artur Schnabel
"The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing." ~James Brown
“The only escape from the miseries of life are music and cats...” ~Albert Schweitzer
“The only truth is music.” ~Jack Kerouac
"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." ~Alan Watts
"The power of music, whether joyous or cathartic, must steal on one unawares, come spontaneously as a blessing or a grace." ~Oliver Sacks (b. July 9, 1933) in Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
"The silence sank like music on my heart." ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Mariner
"The snow is melting into music." ~John Muir
"The world is full of poetry. The air is living with its spirit; and the waves dance to the music of its melodies, and sparkle in its brightness." ~James Gates Percivalq
"The world speaks to me in colours, my soul answers in music." ~Rabindranath Tagore
"There is always music amongst the trees in the garden but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it." ~Anon
"There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres." ~Pythagoras
"...There is a kind of sonic lineage to which we all belong. So the next time you are seeking percussion inspiration, look no further than your tires, as they roll over the unusual grooves of the freeway, or the top-right burner of your stove and that strange way that it clicks as it is preparing to light." ~Meklit Hadero (from ABC Classic FM)
"There's music in everyday things." ~Bright Vibes
"The world is full of poetry. The air is living with its spirit; and the waves dance to the music of its melodies, and sparkle in its brightness." ~James Gates Percivalq
"The world speaks to me in colours, my soul answers in music." ~Rabindranath Tagore
"There is always music amongst the trees in the garden but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it." ~Anon
"There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres." ~Pythagoras
"...There is a kind of sonic lineage to which we all belong. So the next time you are seeking percussion inspiration, look no further than your tires, as they roll over the unusual grooves of the freeway, or the top-right burner of your stove and that strange way that it clicks as it is preparing to light." ~Meklit Hadero (from ABC Classic FM)
"There's music in everyday things." ~Bright Vibes
“There's no better place to find yourself than sitting by a waterfall and listening to its music” ~Roland R Kemler
"There is no greater music than the sound of my grandchildren laughing." ~Anon
"There's nothing better than running up a hillside while singing your heart out." ~Julie Andrews, The Sound of Music
"To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable." ~Ludwig van Beethoven
"There is no greater music than the sound of my grandchildren laughing." ~Anon
"There's nothing better than running up a hillside while singing your heart out." ~Julie Andrews, The Sound of Music
"To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable." ~Ludwig van Beethoven
“To sit in solitude, to think in solitude with only the music of the stream and the cedar to break the flow of silence, there lies the value of wilderness.” ~John Muir
"To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable." ~Aaron Copland
"Understanding the meaning, the rythm and dancing on music makes a sweet song." ~Julyana Gomes
“We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.” ~Arthur O'Shaughnessy, Poems of Arthur O'Shaughnessy
"We can't always choose the music life plays for us, but we can choose how we dance to it. .... I hope you all are dancing a happy dance today - no matter what the music is playing! " ~Karen Salmansohn
"We musicians deal with compassion." ~Alina Ibragimova, ABC Classic FM
"What is it in the melody of sound... which calls such visionary beauty forth from every tone?" ~R.E. Salaman
"When an orchestra takes the stage, all eyes, and ears, are on the music. But before the musicians can play, someone has to make sure they have the sheet music to play from." ~Washington Post
"When I'm all alone, music is the perfect best friend to be with." ~Anon
"When I am silent, I fall into the place where everything is music." ~Rumi
"To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable." ~Aaron Copland
"Understanding the meaning, the rythm and dancing on music makes a sweet song." ~Julyana Gomes
“We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.” ~Arthur O'Shaughnessy, Poems of Arthur O'Shaughnessy
"We can't always choose the music life plays for us, but we can choose how we dance to it. .... I hope you all are dancing a happy dance today - no matter what the music is playing! " ~Karen Salmansohn
"We musicians deal with compassion." ~Alina Ibragimova, ABC Classic FM
"What is it in the melody of sound... which calls such visionary beauty forth from every tone?" ~R.E. Salaman
"When an orchestra takes the stage, all eyes, and ears, are on the music. But before the musicians can play, someone has to make sure they have the sheet music to play from." ~Washington Post
"When I'm all alone, music is the perfect best friend to be with." ~Anon
"When I am silent, I fall into the place where everything is music." ~Rumi
"When my hoe tinkled against the stones, that music echoed to the woods and the sky, and was an accompaniment to my labor which yielded an instant and immeasurable crop" ~ Henry David Thoreau
"When you march to the beat of your own drum, your true tribe will hear your music and find you". ~Tamara Star
"When you're happy, you enjoy the music; when you're sad, you understand the lyrics." ~Frank Ocean
“When you truly sing, you sing yourself free. When you truly dance, you dance yourself free. When you walk in the mountains or swim in the sea, again, you set yourself free.” ~Jay Woodman
"Where words fail, music speaks." ~Hans Christian Andersen
“Where words leave off, music begins.” ~Heinrich Heine
“Who hears music, feels his solitude
Peopled at once.” ~Robert Browning
“Without music, life would be a mistake.” ~Friedrich Nietzsche
"Words make you think. Music makes you feel. A song makes you feel a thought." ~E. Y. Harburg
"You can turn the sound of your tears into Music!" ~Leah C. Dancel, 3 October 2013
"You have woken up late, lost and perplexed. But don't rush to your books looking for knowledge. Pick up a flute instead and let your heart play." ~Rumi
"You love someone because ... They sing a song only you can hear... " ~Sue Fitzmaurice
“You must always believe that life is as extraordinary as music says it is.” ~Rebecca West
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"Your darkness is a symphony. Played in explosions of silence to a crowd that has fallen in love with noise. If they refuse to applaud you, it isn't because your music isn't beautiful. It is because they have no idea how to love what they don't understand. And that, my darling, is the most horrific flaw in this mixed up world.” ~Christopher Poindexter
"Your music has a hypnotic quality that mirrors a great Age of the past." ~Louis Arevalos on Deniz Inan musical compositions dated 21 February 2016
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"Dance a bit and sing to be stress free." ~George Favis
"Dance is a conversation between the body and soul." ~Anon
"Dance is not just about jumping high, but also how you hold your ground. Roy shows you the rich nuances of classical Chinese dance. One of the most athletic and expressive art forms in the world." ~Shen Yun
"Dance is the hidden language of the soul." ~Martha Graham
"Dance until you shatter yourself." ~Rumi
“Dance while you can – even if there is no music. Laugh at the wonder of life – even if there is no reason to. Smile at everyone – even if they don’t smile back. Enjoy this moment – even if no-one else is. Love whatever enchants you – even if there is nothing in return.” ~Jeff Mullan
"Dancing is being you at top volume" ~Wes Veldink
"Dancing is the poetry of the foot." ~John Dryden
"Dancing is the ultimate aphrodisiac and a wonderful way to experience intimacy. A good dance with someone is the best feeling in the world." ~Jason Coleman, So You Think You Can Dance
"Dancing, meditation, and yoga are my alternatives to pain medicine. I want to show people that you can still get up and move when dealing with pain." ~Jay Lavery extracted from APost (A farmer with multiple surgeries and never ending back pains)
"Dance is the hidden language of the soul." ~Martha Graham
"Dance until you shatter yourself." ~Rumi
“Dance while you can – even if there is no music. Laugh at the wonder of life – even if there is no reason to. Smile at everyone – even if they don’t smile back. Enjoy this moment – even if no-one else is. Love whatever enchants you – even if there is nothing in return.” ~Jeff Mullan
"Dancing is being you at top volume" ~Wes Veldink
"Dancing is the poetry of the foot." ~John Dryden
"Dancing is the ultimate aphrodisiac and a wonderful way to experience intimacy. A good dance with someone is the best feeling in the world." ~Jason Coleman, So You Think You Can Dance
"Dancing, meditation, and yoga are my alternatives to pain medicine. I want to show people that you can still get up and move when dealing with pain." ~Jay Lavery extracted from APost (A farmer with multiple surgeries and never ending back pains)
"Embrace the whispers of your soul, dance with the stars." ~Rumi
"Every experience in your life is a beautiful dance of information calling you to choose expansion and creation for the Self." ~Jamye Price
“Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances." ~Maya Angelou
“For truth to tell, dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education: dancing with the feet, with ideas, with words, and, need I add that one must also be able to dance with pen- that one must learn how to write” ~Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols
"Hope is the ability to hear the melody of the future.
Faith is the ability to dance to it today."
~Anon
"How incredible life would be if we danced our own dance, and didn't care too much if anyone was watching. Then if we saw someone's dance, instead of judging, we simply cheered them on." ~Katie Ross
“I guess there's no better place to dance than a slick surface next to a glass door.” ~Jerry Seinfeld
“I knew I was happy when I was dancing." ~Ajay Naidu
"It was not until she had ceased her longing that his whistling reached her Being through the fogs, and he had abandoned his fears that he heard her Siren Song more deeply than it had ever been heard before, and it was in the mist of their music that they surrendered to a magical dance that united Sea and Earth." ~Sus Kongsbak Larsen
"Laughter is the sound of the soul dancing." ~Ethel Pineda
"Let there be spaces in your togetherness, and let the winds of the heavens dance between you." ~Khalil Gibran
"Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair..." ~Susan Polis Shutz
"Living a spiritual life may not be easy. It demands total authenticity. It brings you to dance to a unique song that only you can hear fully, and sometimes you dance alone because no others can hear the music." ~Debra Moffitt
"May today be your day to dance lightly with life." ~Jonathan Lockwood Huie
"No one else can dance your dance. No one else can sing your song. No one else can write your story." ~Lisa Nichols
"She dances to the songs in her head, speaks with the rhythm of her heart, and loves from the depths of her soul." ~Dean Jackson
"Sometimes all you need is a good dance to put things right with the world again." ~Butterflies and Pebbles
"Sometimes you dance with a partner, and sometimes you dance alone, but the important thing is to keep dancing." ~Jack Canfield
| “Soul-filling, eye-popping, an overwhelming of the senses. They express an inner light… It fills the heart.” ~Barbara J. Elliott, professor & writer |
"The dance between darkness and light will always remain - the stars and the moon will always need the darkness to be seen, the darkness will just not be worth having without the moon and stars." ~C. Joybell C.
"The dance pattern,"The Dancer believes that his art has something to say which cannot be expressed in words or in any other way than by dancing." ~Doris Humphrey
Dance while you can.
Dance, dance for the figure is easy
The tune is catching and will not stop
Dance till the stars come down from the rafters
Dance, dance, dance till you drop."
~W.H. Auden
"To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love...." ~Jane Austen
"We cannot make another person change his or her steps to an old dance, but if we change our own steps, the dance no longer can continue in the same predictable pattern." ~Harriet Lerner
“You can dance anywhere, even if only in your heart.” ~Anon
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"Flowers are the music of the ground, from earth's lips spoken without sound." ~Edwin Curran
"Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say, but in melody." ~Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
"Grief and Sadness to me often feels like a Beautiful Waltz~ we have to learn to give ourselves space and time to dance this dance. Everything has a way of dancing; even the molecules inside the cells of our body dance. More often than not we choose the backward steps of the waltz making us very heavy on our feet, not easy for our partners ~friends and lost loved ones that are leading us through this dance." ~Blue Heart Connections
"He is the greatest musician of the English language, and exploring variations of familiar material is what musicians do all day." ~Douglas Adams on PG (Pelhan Greenville) Wodehouse born in 1881
"Hope is the ability to hear the music of the future; faith is the courage to dance to it today." ~Peter Kuzmic
"How noble is the sad heart whose sadness does not keep him from singing a song with happy hearts." ~Khalil Gibran
"I believe that all the arts, and especially music, are necessary to a full life." ~Ralph Vaughan Williams
"I celebrate myself, and I sing myself." ~Walt Whitman
"Hope is the ability to hear the music of the future; faith is the courage to dance to it today." ~Peter Kuzmic
"How noble is the sad heart whose sadness does not keep him from singing a song with happy hearts." ~Khalil Gibran
"I believe that all the arts, and especially music, are necessary to a full life." ~Ralph Vaughan Williams
"I celebrate myself, and I sing myself." ~Walt Whitman
"I have spent my days stringing and unstringing my instrument, while the song I came to sing remains unsung." ~Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Indian Poet and Philosopher
"I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think." ~Rumi
"If you sing of beauty though alone in the heart of the desert, you will have an audience." ~Khalil Gibran
"In family life, love is ... the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony." ~Eva Burrows
"In the depth of my soul, there is a wordless song." ~Kahlil Gibran
"Inspiration is nothing bu the reward of daily work." ~Ravel
“It is absurd to pretend that one cannot love the same woman always, as to pretend that a good artist needs several violins to execute a piece of music.” ~Honoré de Balzac
"It is necessary to know facts, but music will enable you to see past facts to the very essence of things in a way which science cannot do." ~Ralph Vaughan Williams
"Let people catch something from your heart that will cause no discomfort, but help them to sing." ~Rumi
"Look for the good in others, everybody has their own song to sing." ~Melissa Ososki
"Maketime for the things that make your heart sing." ~Imagerie Inspiration and Nature
"Marriage is not a ritual or an end. It is a long, intricate, intimate dance together and nothing matters more than your own sense of balance and your choice of partner." ~Amy Bloom
"I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think." ~Rumi
"If you sing of beauty though alone in the heart of the desert, you will have an audience." ~Khalil Gibran
"In family life, love is ... the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony." ~Eva Burrows
"In the depth of my soul, there is a wordless song." ~Kahlil Gibran
"Inspiration is nothing bu the reward of daily work." ~Ravel
“It is absurd to pretend that one cannot love the same woman always, as to pretend that a good artist needs several violins to execute a piece of music.” ~Honoré de Balzac
"It is necessary to know facts, but music will enable you to see past facts to the very essence of things in a way which science cannot do." ~Ralph Vaughan Williams
"Let people catch something from your heart that will cause no discomfort, but help them to sing." ~Rumi
"Look for the good in others, everybody has their own song to sing." ~Melissa Ososki
"Maketime for the things that make your heart sing." ~Imagerie Inspiration and Nature
"Marriage is not a ritual or an end. It is a long, intricate, intimate dance together and nothing matters more than your own sense of balance and your choice of partner." ~Amy Bloom
"Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.” ~Elton John
"My favorite instrument is the piano! I love all the sharps and the flats and every key in between! I love classical music and this piece too that was so far ahead of its time. I love blue skies that sing all the notes. I love horses and all living things except spiders. I love most people as they express the many expressions of the creator." ~Deborah Frontcakas , Music is Life, FB on Kramer's rendition of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody
"My favorite instrument is the piano! I love all the sharps and the flats and every key in between! I love classical music and this piece too that was so far ahead of its time. I love blue skies that sing all the notes. I love horses and all living things except spiders. I love most people as they express the many expressions of the creator." ~Deborah Frontcakas , Music is Life, FB on Kramer's rendition of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody
"No matter what yesterday was like, birds always start the new day with a song." ~Kelly's Tree House
"Old love songs still have the most beautiful lines." ~Anon
“Once upon a time, when women were birds, there was the simple understanding that to sing at dawn and to sing at dusk was to heal the world through joy. The birds still remember what we have forgotten, that the world is meant to be celebrated.” ~Terry Tempest Williams
"Perfection doesn't make a true musician but determination and passion!" ~Julie Park
"Poetry is to words as music is to dance." ~Joffre Balce
"Old love songs still have the most beautiful lines." ~Anon
“Once upon a time, when women were birds, there was the simple understanding that to sing at dawn and to sing at dusk was to heal the world through joy. The birds still remember what we have forgotten, that the world is meant to be celebrated.” ~Terry Tempest Williams
"Perfection doesn't make a true musician but determination and passion!" ~Julie Park
"Poetry is to words as music is to dance." ~Joffre Balce
"Rivers flow not past, but through us; tingling, vibrating, exciting every cell and fiber in our bodies, making them sing and glide." ~John Muir
"Sing a song only your heart can understand." ~Anon
"Sing from your Soul and everything feels lighter. Singing is meditation that massages the Heart and brings your mind into the magic of the present moment. Sing from your Soul and you will lighten your life in ways you could never imagine." ~Woman with a Dream
"Sing a song only your heart can understand." ~Anon
"Sing from your Soul and everything feels lighter. Singing is meditation that massages the Heart and brings your mind into the magic of the present moment. Sing from your Soul and you will lighten your life in ways you could never imagine." ~Woman with a Dream
"Singing can melt an angry heart, so does soft words spoken in a cool tone." ~Leah C. Dancel, 17 May 2023 lcd
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"Sometimes, it's not the song that makes you emotional. It's the people and things that come to your mind when you hear it." ~Anon
"Songs are only as sad as the listener." ~Anon
"Steeping my life in beauty brings color to my days and a song to my heart.” ~Thomas Kinkade
That's the amazing thing about music: there's a song for every emotion. Can you imagine a world without music? It would suck." ~Harry Styles
"The flute of the infinite is played without ceasing and its sound is love." ~Kabir
"The mountain streams sing the history of every avalanche or earthquake and of snow, all easily recognized by the human ear." ~John Muir
"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." ~Alan M Watts
“The piano is able to communicate the subtlest universal truths by means of wood, metal and vibrating air." ~Kenneth Miller
“The piano is able to communicate the subtlest universal truths by means of wood, metal and vibrating air." ~Kenneth Miller
Photo credit to #RayChenTchaikovsky
"The song of life has a beautiful rhythm. At times, we forget the lyrics, but as long as good people like you provide the melody, life's music plays on." ~Anon
"The song of recovery is the song of hope." ~Anon
"The song you heard singing in the leaf when you were a child is singing still." ~Mary Oliver
"The song of recovery is the song of hope." ~Anon
"The song you heard singing in the leaf when you were a child is singing still." ~Mary Oliver
"The voice of the heart is the greatest voice of them all." ~Beth Brownlee
"The words the happy say
Are paltry melody
But those the silent feel
Are beautiful."
~Emily Dickinson
“There's no better place to find yourself than sitting by a waterfall and listening to its music” ~Roland R Kemler
"This is my poetry
Music replaces words
Notes and sounds in sync
To sate my appetite for praise
Honour and thanks to the highest deity."
~Leah C. Dancel, April 7, 2021
On listening to Two Brothers playing Hallelujah on Pan Flutes
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"This is the time when sweet desire weds wild delight... We meet in the time of flowering, to dance the dance of life." ~Starhawk, The Spiral Dance
“…To study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly … to listen to stars and buds, to babes and sages, with open heart; await occasions, hurry never … this is my symphony.” ~ William Henry Channing, Memoir of William Henry Channing,1886
"True solitude is found in the wild places, where one is without human obligation. One’s inner voices become audible… In consequence, one responds more clearly to other lives." ~Wendell Berry
"We have the capacity to receive messages from the stars and the songs of the night winds." ~Ruth St. Denis
“...when he sings...even the birds stop to listen.” ~Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games
"When life plays a joke on you, it's not funny. Until it dawns on you that the joke was on itself and you were the unwilling joker. Laugh, however late, and catch on to life's unpredictable pulse beat. Dance on till your feet are weary. But continue to tap your toes to twilight where eternity's edge echoes your laughter and the evening enfolds you into slumber, in the comfort of its wings of joy and peace." ~Norma Hennessy, 12 June 2015
“When you wake up with a song stuck in your head, it means an angel sang you to sleep.” ~ Denise Baer
"We have the capacity to receive messages from the stars and the songs of the night winds." ~Ruth St. Denis
“...when he sings...even the birds stop to listen.” ~Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games
"When life plays a joke on you, it's not funny. Until it dawns on you that the joke was on itself and you were the unwilling joker. Laugh, however late, and catch on to life's unpredictable pulse beat. Dance on till your feet are weary. But continue to tap your toes to twilight where eternity's edge echoes your laughter and the evening enfolds you into slumber, in the comfort of its wings of joy and peace." ~Norma Hennessy, 12 June 2015
“When you wake up with a song stuck in your head, it means an angel sang you to sleep.” ~ Denise Baer
"Whenever you sing or play music with others, your nervous system responds with hormones that stimulate health, happiness and community." ~from Wellness Universe
"You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or their fancy car... but because they sing a song only you cn hear." ~Sue Fitzmaurice
"You will lose someone you can’t live without, and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn’t seal back up. And you come through. It’s like having a broken leg that never heals perfectly - that still hurts when the weather gets cold, but you learn to dance with the limp." ~Anne Lamott
"You will lose someone you can’t live without, and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn’t seal back up. And you come through. It’s like having a broken leg that never heals perfectly - that still hurts when the weather gets cold, but you learn to dance with the limp." ~Anne Lamott
"Your darkness is a symphony. Played in explosions of silence to a crowd that has fallen in love with noise. If they refuse to applaud you, it isn't because your music isn't beautiful. It is because they have no idea how to love what they don't understand. And that, my darling, is the most horrific flaw in this mixed up world.” ~Christopher Poindexter
"Your love should be a warm ocean breeze of smiles washing over someone's lips; an angel’s song whispering endlessly their ears; and the light of a thousand celestial sunrises radiating from your beautiful heart. That's love!" ~Robert Clancy
"Your magnificence is always quietly singing its song in your heart. Let the song become so loud that the whole world will hear it and will sing it with you." ~Eileen Dielesen....the "Woman with a Dream"
“Your smile lights up a room like a candle in the dark. I can still hear the song of your laughter.” ~Anon
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["Music may be the universal language that needs no words—the “language where all language ends,” as Rilke put it—but that has not stopped poets from ancient times to the present from trying to represent it in verse. Here are Rumi and Shakespeare, Elizabeth Bishop and Billy Collins; the wild pipes of William Blake, the weeping guitars of Federico García Lorca, and the jazz rhythms of Langston Hughes; Wallace Stevens on Mozart and Thom Gunn on Elvis—the range of poets and of their approaches to the subject is as wide and varied as music itself. The poems are divided into sections on pop and rock, jazz and blues, specific composers and works, various musical instruments, the human voice, the connection between music and love, and music at the close of life. The result is a symphony of poetic voices of all tenors and tones, the perfect gift for all musicians and music lovers."]
Source: FB
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"Your love should be a warm ocean breeze of smiles washing over someone's lips; an angel’s song whispering endlessly their ears; and the light of a thousand celestial sunrises radiating from your beautiful heart. That's love!" ~Robert Clancy
"Your magnificence is always quietly singing its song in your heart. Let the song become so loud that the whole world will hear it and will sing it with you." ~Eileen Dielesen....the "Woman with a Dream"
“Your smile lights up a room like a candle in the dark. I can still hear the song of your laughter.” ~Anon
["Music may be the universal language that needs no words—the “language where all language ends,” as Rilke put it—but that has not stopped poets from ancient times to the present from trying to represent it in verse. Here are Rumi and Shakespeare, Elizabeth Bishop and Billy Collins; the wild pipes of William Blake, the weeping guitars of Federico García Lorca, and the jazz rhythms of Langston Hughes; Wallace Stevens on Mozart and Thom Gunn on Elvis—the range of poets and of their approaches to the subject is as wide and varied as music itself. The poems are divided into sections on pop and rock, jazz and blues, specific composers and works, various musical instruments, the human voice, the connection between music and love, and music at the close of life. The result is a symphony of poetic voices of all tenors and tones, the perfect gift for all musicians and music lovers."]
Source: FB
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