Quotes about Harmony

When you practice building a home in yourself, you become more and more beautiful. You radiate your inner peace, warmth, and joy.

Part of the beauty of the monastic life lies in the ability to live simply with few desires and to consume only what you need.

When you abstain from eating and drinking animal products, fewer animals are slaughtered, and you contribute less to climate degradation.

The problem is not one of being wrong or right, but one of being more or less skillful.

The energy of mindfulness has the element of friendship and loving kindness in it.

In a family, if there is one person who practices mindfulness, the entire family will be more mindful. Because of the presence of one member who lives in mindfulness, the entire family is reminded to live in mindfulness.

People say walking on water is a miracle, but to me walking peacefully on earth is the real miracle.

Manners make the world work. They're not only based on kindness but also efficiency. When people know what to do, the world is smoother. When no one knows what to do, it's chaos.

It may be that when the angels go about their task of praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that when they are together en famille they play Mozart and that then too our dear Lord listens with special pleasure.

It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that when they are together en famille they play Mozart.

Harmony, joy, and peace will never grace a home ruled by expectations instead of by the cross.

the picture of marriage as God intended it to be — two equals, albeit different, completely and wholly serving the other person as though they are greater than themselves, thus creating not a male-female power struggle over who is more worthy, but a harmony that reflects the character of God in the Trinity and the ministry of reconciliation in the world.