Music Quotes

The universal language. Musicians and listeners on why rhythm and melody move us like nothing else.

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"Music is the language of the soul, speaking where words cannot reach."
Charles Wesley
"Music heals what words alone cannot touch or transform."
Charles Wesley
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"Music is mathematics made audible by the divine hand."
Ibn Arabi
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"Music is the harmonization of diverse elements into a unified whole."
Spinoza
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"Music is the language through which the soul speaks what words cannot express."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"Music has the power to elevate the soul when words fail entirely."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"Listen to the reed and the tale it tells, how it sang once with the lips that played it."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
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"Music is the language of angels and the prayer of the soul."
Teresa of Avila
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"Music is the language that predates words."
Ibn Arabi
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"I learned that every human heart is a music that only another human heart can understand."
Hafiz
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"Today, like every other day, we wake up empty and frightened. Don't open the door to the study and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
"Music is the language the angels understand."
Meister Eckhart
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"Music unites souls across all boundaries."
Pope Francis
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"Music is the universal language."
Pope Francis
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"Music is the language of the angels."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
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"Music has the power to unite souls across all divides."
Pope Francis
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"Music expresses the deepest realities in a way that words cannot."
Pope John Paul II
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"Every sound is a gift from God."
Hafiz
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"Music touches the soul in ways words never can."
Pope Francis
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"Music is the language of angels."
Pope Francis
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"The musician does not play to become famous, but to express his truth."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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"Music is the language of the soul."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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"Music is the language of angels; it transcends all barriers."
Pope John Paul II
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"Music stirs the soul and reminds us of our shared humanity."
Pope John Paul II
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"Music is the language of the soul."
Sri Aurobindo
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"Music connects the finite with the infinite."
Sri Aurobindo
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"Music speaks the language of the heart."
Pope Francis
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"Music brings the human soul closer to the divine."
Pope John Paul II
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"Music transcends language and speaks to the spirit."
Pope John Paul II
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"Music is the voice of the soul speaking directly to another soul."
Jiddu Krishnamurti