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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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Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.

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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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Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

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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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Racism is a disease of white people

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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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I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

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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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Although I am a typical loner in my daily life, my awareness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for truth, beauty, and justic...more

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There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

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I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.