“Order seems to come from searching for disorder, and awkwardness from searching for harmony or likeness, or the following of a system. The truest order is what you already find there, or that will be given if you don't try for it. When you arrange, you fail.” IfsTryingSeemsOrderGivenFailingHarmonyFollowingDisorderTruestAwkwardness Book:Material witness: the selected letters of Fairfield Porter Source: Material witness: the selected letters of Fairfield Porter
“Dwellers by the sea cannot fail to be impressed by the sight of its ceaseless ebb and flow, and are apt, on the principles of that rude philosophy of sympathy and resemblance... to trace a subtle relation, a secret harmony, between its tides and the life of man... The belief that most deaths happen at ebb tide is said to be held along the east coast of England from Northumberland to Kent.” MenSaidPhilosophyHappensBeliefSecretPrinciplesFailingSeaFlowSightEnglandRelationHarmonyEastSubtleTidesImpressedRudeCoastResemblanceEast CoastEbb And FlowDwellersKent Author:James G. Frazer
“Thou who wouldst see the lovely and the wild Mingled in harmony on Nature's face, Ascend our rocky mountains. Let thy foot Fail not with weariness, for on their tops The beauty and the majesty of earth, Spread wide beneath, shall make thee to forget The steep and toilsome way.” WayEarthFacesForgetFailingFeetMountainHarmonySpreadWideLovelyTheeLandscapeMajestyWearinessSteepRocky Mountain Author:William C. Bryant
“Maintain perfect harmony between yourself and every member of your mastermind group. If you fail to carry out this instruction to the letter, you may expect to meet with failure. The master mind principle cannot obtain where perfect harmony does not prevail.” IfsMindMayDoePerfectPrinciplesFailingGroupsMastersMembersLettersHarmonyInstructionPerfect HarmonyMastermind Author:Napoleon Hill
“If we aim to act in harmony with the laws of Good, we rise above all other laws and become a law unto ourselves; co-workers with God and helpers in nature. Ours is the privilege, ours the loss, if we fail to live up to our highest possibilities.” IfsLawLossFailingPossibilityHighestHarmonyAimWorkersPrivilegeRise AboveHelpersCo Worker Book:Simplified Scientific Astrology Source: Simplified Scientific Astrology
“We must all work in harmony with each other to stand up for what is right, to speak up for what is fair, and to always voice any corrections so that the ignorant become informed and justice is never ignored. Every time a person allows an act of ignorance to happen, they delay our progress for true change. Every person, molecule and thing matters. We become responsible for the actions of others the instant we become conscious of what they are doing wrong and fail to remind them of what is right.” PersonsMatterHappensActionSpeakVoiceJusticeProgressFailingIgnoranceConsciousFairsHarmonyResponsibleIgnorantInstantIgnoredCitizenshipDelayMoleculesCorrections Author:Suzy Kassem
“It is a strength of character to acknowledge our failings and our strong points, and it is a weakness of character not to remain in harmony with both the good and the bad that is within us.” CharacterStrongFailingStrengthWeaknessHarmonyAcknowledgeStrength Of CharacterWeakness Of Character Author:Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable