God loves with a great love the man whose heart is bursting with a passion for the impossible.
William BoothRead
Why should the devil have all the best tunes?
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote challenges the notion that positive or uplifting music should be monopolized by negative influences.
William Booth's quote highlights the idea that art, specifically music, should not be dominated by negative or immoral themes, often associated with the 'devil.' Instead, it suggests that those who represent goodness should create and share their own vibrant and uplifting tunes. The quote serves as a rallying cry for artists and creators to produce more positive cultural expressions.
Themes
MusicArtPositiveCultureCreativity
In practice
Example use cases
In a sermon about the impact of music in our lives.
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To get a man soundly saved it is not enough to put on him a pair of new breeches, to give him regular work, or even to give him a University education. These things are all outside a man, and if the inside remains unchanged you have wasted your labor. You must in some way or other graft upon the man's nature a new nature, which has in it the element of the Divine.
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Look! Don't be deceived by appearances - men and things are not what they seem. All who are not on the rock are in the sea!
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If I thought I could win one more soul to the Lord by walking on my head and playing the tambourine with my toes, I'd learn how!
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