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We know from daily life that we exist for other people first of all, for whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends.

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Dancers are the athletes of God.

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One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the ...more

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Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.

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A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as some...more

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Life without playing music is inconceivable for me. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music, I get most joy in life out of music...more

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I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.

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The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.

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I have little patience with scientists who take a board of wood, look for its thinnest part, and drill a great number of holes where drilling is easy.

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The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.

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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger,...more

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If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut

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Matter tells space how to curve, space tells matter how to move.

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How was I able to live alone before, my little everything? Without you I lack self-confidence, passion for work, and enjoyment of life--in short, with...more

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The most aggravating thing about the younger generation is that I no longer belong to it.