The concert is a polite form of self induced torture.

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If we are always arriving and departing, it is also true that we are eternally...

If we are always arriving and departing, it is also true that we are eternally...

One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar. Fiction...

One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar. Fiction...

The stabbing horror of life is not contained in calamities and disasters, because these things...

The stabbing horror of life is not contained in calamities and disasters, because these things...

Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don't take it too seriously

Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don't take it too seriously

One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.

One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.

Reality is not protected or defended by laws, proclamations, ukases, cannons and armadas. Reality is...

Reality is not protected or defended by laws, proclamations, ukases, cannons and armadas. Reality is...

Whatever I do is done out of sheer joy; I drop my fruits like a...

Whatever I do is done out of sheer joy; I drop my fruits like a...

Sin, guilt, neurosis; they are one and the same, the fruit of the tree of...

Sin, guilt, neurosis; they are one and the same, the fruit of the tree of...

In the beginning was the Word. Man acts it out. He is the act, not...

In the beginning was the Word. Man acts it out. He is the act, not...

The new always carries with it the sense of violation, of sacrilege. What is dead...

The new always carries with it the sense of violation, of sacrilege. What is dead...

The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the...

The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the...

An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist...

An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist...

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not yet understood

Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not yet understood

True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to...

True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to...

If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will...

If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will...

Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood.

Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood.

What does it matter how one comes by the truth so long as one pounces...

What does it matter how one comes by the truth so long as one pounces...

Life is 440 horsepower in a 2-cylinder engine.

Life is 440 horsepower in a 2-cylinder engine.

Life, as it is called, is for most of us one long postponement.

Life, as it is called, is for most of us one long postponement.