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The neurotic and the artist - since both live out the unconscious of the race - reveal to us what is going to emerge endemically in the society later on.

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Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.

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No leader sets out to become a leader. People set out to live their lives, expressing themselves fully. When that expression is of value, they become leaders. So the point is not to become a leader. The point is to become yourself, to use yourself completely

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The men who create power make an indispensable contribution to the Nation

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Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.

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I believe in God, Mozart, and Beethoven.

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We mortals with immortal minds are only born for sufferings and joys, and one could almost say that the most excellent receive joy through sufferings.

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Music is a higher revelation than philosophy.

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Music, verily, is the mediator between intellectual and sensuous life... the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.

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I have never thought of writing for reputation and honor. What I have in my heart must come out; that is the reason why I compose.

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