“He who is a beginner on the way must not be brought to practise the commandments by kindness alone, but must more often be induced to continue the struggle by being rigorously reminded of God's judgment. In this way he will not only be moved by love to desire what is divine, but will be moved by fear to avoid what is evil. For 'I will sing to Thee, O Lord, of mercy and judgment' (Ps. 101:1 LXX). He will sing to God charmed by love, and steeled by fear he will have strength for the song.” WayChristianDesireSongEvilLordKindnessStruggleDivineJudgmentMercyMovedTheeOrthodoxCommandmentsOrthodox ChristianOften IsBeginnersPractiseCharmedHaving Strength Author:Maximus the Confessor
“It is setting goals and trying to be a business person, but at the same time not losing sight of who you are writing songs for and what your goals are as a songwriter. So believe me, if you think I've got it down I don't it is a constant struggle.” IfsThinkingWritingTryingBelievePersonsSongGoalStruggleLosingSightWho You AreConstantSettingSettingsBelieve In MeSongwritersSetting GoalsWriting SongsBusiness PersonConstant Struggle Author:Christine Lavin
“The channel of art can only become clogged and misdirected by the artist's concern with merely temporary and local disturbances. The song is higher than the struggle.” ArtArtistSongStruggleHigherConcernDifficultyLocalsTemporaryDisturbance Book:Blood, Bread, and Poetry: Selected Prose 1979-1985 Source: Blood, Bread, and Poetry: Selected Prose 1979-1985
“In our country there's never been a successful progressive struggle that did not have a soundtrack, whether it was the civil rights movement, workers' rights movement, women's rights movement. There's got to be songs at the barricades, and those are the kinds of songs that I try to write.” WritingTryingKindCountrySongStruggleSuccessfulRightsMovementWorkersCivil RightsOur CountryProgressiveWomens RightsCivil Rights MovementSoundtracksBarricadesWorkers Rights Author:Tom Morello
“A verse of Scripture in the morning, may become a blessing for all the day. It may sing in the heart as a sweet song, from morning until evening. It may become a liturgy of prayer in which the soul shall voice its deepest needs and hungers-amid toils, struggles, and cares. It may be a guide through perplexing tangles, Gods voice whispering cheer, a comforter breathing peace in sorrow.” NeedsHeartMaySoulCareSongVoicePrayerMorningStruggleSweetSorrowBlessingHungerGuidesScriptureEveningBreathingCheerVersesToilWhisperingLiturgyComforter Author:J.R. Miller
“Quid confert animae pugna Hectoris, vel disputatio Platonis, aut carmina Maronis, vel neniae Nasonis? Of what benefit to the soul are the struggles of Hector, the disputations of Plato, the songs of Virgil, or the dirges of Ovid?” SoulSongStruggleBenefitsPlatoHector Author:Honorius Augustodunensis
“There's a story behind every old ballad or work song or nonsense song that I ever knew. Sometimes it's a fascinating story. A story of people struggling for freedom, struggling to get along in this old world.” PeopleWorldSometimesStoriesSongBehindsStruggleNonsenseFascinatingBalladsOld World Author:Pete Seeger
“I think you can hear the struggles and hear a realness in Theocracy songs, a human element that you don't get from a lot of the typical Christian stuff.” ThinkingHumansChristianSongStuffStruggleElementsTypicalTheocracyRealness Author:Matt Smith