— Perhaps we do beautiful things perhaps because we have beautiful thoughts; it is important to me to have beautiful thoughts. Harmony is simply the absence of fear. A harmonious painting, song, moment, love story or friendship is one in which fear has not penetrated. To appreciate life, you have to respect it. To respect is to appreciate. Appreciation is pro-life, it is a context. We cannot appreciate or value what we have already condemned, denied or repressed.