There is nothing in the world so much like prayer as music is. ~William P. Merrill
And the night shall be filled with music,
And the cares that infest the day
Shall fold their tents like the Arabs
And as silently steal away.
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Day Is Done
Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. ~Maya Angelou, Gather Together in My Name
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ~Red Auerbach
Music is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact, nothing among the utterances allowed to man is felt to be so divine. It brings us near to the infinite. ~Thomas Carlyle
Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. ~Ludwig van Beethoven
Music cleanses the understanding; inspires it, and lifts it into a realm which it would not reach if it were left to itself. ~Henry Ward Beecher
Music is the universal language of mankind. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Outre-Mer
