“Music is a divine influence which stirs the heart to seek God: those who listen to it spiritually attain unto God, and those who listen to it sensually fall into unbelief.”
-Dhu l’Nun the Egyptian
“The art of healing cures the body, but the art of poetry cures the soul.”
–Ibn Sina
“When I open my eyes I must sigh, for what I look upon is contrary to my religion, and I must despise the world which never divines that music is a greater revelation than the whole of wisdom and philosophy…“
-Ludwig van Beethoven
“The heart of man has been so constituted by the Almighty that,
like a flint, it contains a hidden fire
which is evoked by music and harmony, and renders man beside himself with ecstasy.
These harmonies are echoes of that higher world of beauty
which we call the world of spirits;
they remind man of his relationship
to that world, and produce in him an emotion so deep and strange
that he himself is powerless to explain it.
The effect of music and dancing is deeper in proportion
as the natures on which they act are simple and prone to emotion;
they fan into a flame whatever love is already
dormant in the heart, whether it be earthly and sensual,
or divine and spiritual.”
– Mohammed Al-Ghazzali
“Music is a more potent instrument than any other for education, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.”
“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.”
“Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the laws of the State always change with them.”
“Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.”
-Plato