#phil

Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul. ↗

— Plato

#philosophy #music

With the truth, all given facts harmonize; but with what is false, the truth soon hits a wrong note. ↗

— Aristotle

#philosophy #truth #music

Morality is totally God’s standard, and his standards and conditions are revealed to us through his written word, the Scriptures (The Bible). ↗

— Reid A. Ashbaucher

#nature-of-god #nature-of-man #philosophy-of-religion #reid-ashbaucher #change

Decided to put aside ethnic differences in the cause of making more money. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#humor #money

A preoccupation with the next world clearly shows an inability to cope credibly with this one. ↗

— Richard K. Morgan

#philosophy #religion #religion

An infinite question is often destroyed by finite answers...To define everything is to annihilate much that gives us laughter and joy...If I try self consciously to become a person, I will never be one. The most real people, those who are able to forget their selfish selves, who have true compassion, are usually the most distinct individuals ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

#philosophy-of-life #life

His words even imply that philanthropy has deeper depths than is generally realized. The great emotions of compassion and mercy are traced to Him; there is more to human deeds than the doers are aware. He identified every act of kindness as an expression of sympathy with Himself. All kindnesses are either done explicitly or implicitly in His name, or they are refused explicitly or implicitly in His name. ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

#good-works #jesus #philanthropy #life

After a breath and before another, there's plenty of time to rest. ↗

— Basith

#life

The elements of life do not segregate themselves, unless they are human. ↗

— Zephyr A. McIntyre

#life

Be such that people get to know of you as you are rather than comparing to others. ↗

— Ghumakkad Agantuk Ram

#philosophy-of-life #realistic #life