Music is pleasing not only because of the sound but because of the silence that is in it: without the alternation of sound and silence there would be no rhythm.


No Man is an Island (ed. Shambhala Publications, 2005) - ISBN: 9781590302538

Thomas Merton Quotes

Music is pleasing not only because of the sound but because of the silence that is in it: without the alternation of sound and silence there would be ...

Music is pleasing not only because of the sound but because of the silence that is in it: without the alternation of sound and silence there would be ...

Music is pleasing not only because of the sound but because of the silence that is in it: without the alternation of sound and silence there would be ...

Music is pleasing not only because of the sound but because of the silence that is in it: without the alternation of sound and silence there would be ...