I always seem to have a vague feeling that he is a Satan among musicians, a fallen angel in the darkness who is perpetually seeking to fight his way back to happiness.

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Men who know themselves are no longer fools. They stand on the threshold of the...

Men who know themselves are no longer fools. They stand on the threshold of the...

One can know nothing of giving aught that is worthy to give unless one also...

One can know nothing of giving aught that is worthy to give unless one also...

The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened...

The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened...

Every artist writes his own autobiography.

Every artist writes his own autobiography.

The art of dancing stands at the source of all the arts that express themselves...

The art of dancing stands at the source of all the arts that express themselves...

However well organized the foundations of life may be, life must always be full of...

However well organized the foundations of life may be, life must always be full of...

To be a leader of men one must turn one's back on men.

To be a leader of men one must turn one's back on men.

The family only represents one aspect, however important an aspect, of a human being's functions...

The family only represents one aspect, however important an aspect, of a human being's functions...

There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without...

There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without...

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding...

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding...

The Promised Land always lies on the other side of a Wilderness.

The Promised Land always lies on the other side of a Wilderness.

If men and women are to understand each other, to enter into each other's nature...

If men and women are to understand each other, to enter into each other's nature...

Man lives by imagination.

Man lives by imagination.

A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.

A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.

A sublime faith in human imbecility has seldom led those who cherish it astray.

A sublime faith in human imbecility has seldom led those who cherish it astray.

There has never been any country at every moment so virtuous and so wise that...

There has never been any country at every moment so virtuous and so wise that...

The omnipresent process of sex, as it is woven into the whole texture of our...

The omnipresent process of sex, as it is woven into the whole texture of our...

The byproduct is sometimes more valuable than the product.

The byproduct is sometimes more valuable than the product.

The romantic embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.

The romantic embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.

Dreams are real as long as they last. Can we say more of life?

Dreams are real as long as they last. Can we say more of life?