Sin, guilt, neurosis; they are one and the same, the fruit of the tree of knowledge.
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Hope is a bad thing. It means that you are not what you want to be. It means that part of you is dead, if not all of you. It means that you entertain illusions. It's a sort of spiritual clap, I should say.Henry Miller
No one asks you to throw Mozart out of the window. Keep Mozart. Cherish him. Keep Moses too, and Buddha and Lao Tzu and Christ. Keep them in your heart. But make room for the others, the coming ones, the ones who are already scratching on the window-panes.
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Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don't take it too seriously.
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What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their ability to act according to their beliefs.
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All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.
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Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense.
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