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 Music...takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startle our wonder as to who we are, and for what, whence, and whereto. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
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Every genre of music does have it's own features some give us energy while some gives us Peace.
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So when the music's over turn out the lights...
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Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Music is one and only proof so far that soul exists…
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That's the overwhelming power of music over the human soul beautifully, poetically described
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Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.
Plato
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unless it's your drunken neighbour playing "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" over and over at maximum volume.
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Mehrdad77 wrote:Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.
Plato
You have my agreement, wonderful quote!
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Well put! It's hard to put into words what music "whispers" to us.
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Mehrdad77 wrote:Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson I like this one. Thank for sharing.
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music help me sleep every night
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Where words fail, music speaks.
Hans Christian Andersen
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Music...takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startle our wonder as to who we are, and for what, whence, and whereto. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)  Yes, the organ music dedicated to the Higher Power is a true food for the soul and the Universe.
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Really good posts people. Who could not love Emerson?
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And bloody right he is!
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The quote reminds one of Adrian Leverkuhn, Thomas Mann's Dr. Faustus, who wanted to liberate music from tonality and the strictures of language.
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To Gary 98: I like this one too.
Mehrdad77 wrote:
"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
In response to today's quote, I think music has a special quality that transcends words, and addresses the 'heart' that lies within us all.
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Very true and thx, Ralph...
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