“The mysterious power of harmony
Will expiate a heavy delusion
And tame a revolting desire.”
Sacred song heals the sick spirit
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Evgeny Baratynsky 3
Russian poet 1800–1844Related quotes
“Your heart's desire is to be told some mystery. The mystery is that there is no mystery.”
Source: Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West
“The delusion of having wisdom creates the dangerous delusion of having power, leading to disaster.”
Cosmic Command
“Many lawless mysteries vanish, and harmonies take their places.”
Source: 1900s, Our National Parks (1901), chapter 9: The Sequoia and General Grant National Parks
The Limits of State Action (1792)
“The exousia of political power … is a rebel exousia, an angel in revolt against God.”
Source: The Subversion of Christianity (1984), p. 115
“The cinema substitutes for our gaze a world more in harmony with our desires.”
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952) (concurring)
Judicial opinions
Interview with Einstein (1930)
Context: Our passions and desires are unruly, but our character subdues these elements into a harmonious whole. Does something similar to this happen in the physical world? Are the elements rebellious, dynamic with individual impulse? And is there a principle in the physical world which dominates them and puts them into an orderly organization? … It is the constant harmony of chance and determination which makes it eternally new and living.