Quotes about Rhythm

When we try to make things go faster, we usually slow things down.

we are to work from our rest, not rest from our work.

To recognize that the Psalms call us to pray and sing at the intersections of the times--of our time and God's time, of the then, and the now, and the not yet--is to understand how those emotions are to be held within the rhythm of a life lived in God's presence.

A biblical commentary is first and foremost a work of history. But history is a matter of learning not only the tune but also the rhythm and the harmonies.

As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”

singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute.

Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.

He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.

Praise Him with clashing cymbals; praise Him with resounding cymbals.

For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.”

In the end, it all comes down to the art of breathing.

Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.