| MUSIC | 音樂 |
| Among other things adapted for man's pleasure and
for giving them pleasure, music is either the foremost, or one of the principal; and we
must esteem it a gift from God designed for that purpose. John Calvin 一切用來讓人喜樂之事物，音樂是最重要或最基本的一項；我們必須這個從上帝而來的禮物是為這個目的賜下的。 |
| He who does not find [the
great and perfect wisdom of God] in his wonderful work of music is truly a clod and is not
worthy to be considered a man! Martin Luther 一個沒有從音樂這項上帝奇妙工作中找到上帝偉大純全智慧的人真是粗俗不堪，甚至根本不值得被當個人看待！ |
| The whole problem can be stated quite simply by
asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so
many words what the meaning is?' My answer to that would be, 'No.' Aaron Copland 音樂的最大問題就像是提出這麼一個簡單問題：「音樂有意義嗎？」我的答案是：「有啊。」「那你能不能說說這些意思是甚麼？」那我的回答是：「沒辦法。」 |
| Music with dinner is an
insult both to the cook and the violinist. G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936) 聽著音樂用餐，是對廚司及小提琴手的侮辱。 |
| Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence. Robert Fripp 音樂是斟入安靜之杯的美酒。 |
| Silence is more musical than
any song. Christina Rossetti 安靜比任何歌曲更具音樂性。 |
| My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often
been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary. Martin Luther 我那滿足洋溢的心，在病痛、疲憊之時，藉著音樂得到安慰及舒暢。 |
| I think I should have no
other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength
into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am
filled with music. George Eliot (1819 - 1880) 若我有豐富的音樂，我應該別無其他需求。音樂似乎能夠將能力注入我的四肢，將思想輸入我的頭腦。當我充滿音樂之時，日子看起來可以輕鬆度過。 |
| Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few
seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1809 - 1894) 安排幾個季節，每週來個一兩次的音樂浴，你會發現音樂洗滌你的心靈如同水洗滌你的身軀。 |
| Music . . . can name the
unnameable and communicate the unknowable. Leonard Bernstein 音樂---能叫出那不知名的並與那未知的交談。 |
| Philosophy is the highest music. Plato (427 BC - 348 BC) 哲學是最高境界的音樂。 |
| Next to theology I give to
music the highest place and honor. And we see how David and all the saints have wrought
their godly thoughts into verse, rhyme, and song. Martin Luther 僅次於神學，我給予音樂最高的地位及尊榮。我們可以看見大衛以及先聖先賢將他們虔誠寫成詩詞、旋律及頌歌。 |
| To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping
of time itself, incredible and inconceivable. Aaron Copland 想攔阻音樂的流動就像似要攔阻時間一樣，無法想像也不可理喻。 |
| The best, most beautiful,
and most perfect way that we have of expressing a sweet concord of mind to each other is
by music. Jonathan Edwards 要將我們心靈的甜美和諧傳遞給彼此的最佳、最美、最完全的方法就是音樂。 |
| Words are the pen of the heart, but music is the pen
of the soul. Shneur Zalman 文字是心靈的筆，而音樂是靈魂的筆。 |
| Music is noise that thinks. Victor Hugo 音樂是思想的噪音。 |