"Solitude produces originality, bold and astonishing beauty, poetry. But solitude also produces perverseness, the disproportianate, the absurd and the forbidden."

-- Thomas Mann

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“If therefore my work is negative, irreligious, atheistic, let it be remembered that atheism â€” at least in the sense of this work â€” is the secret of religion itself; that religion itself, not indeed on the surface, but fundamentally, not in intention or according to its own supposition, but in its heart, in its essence, believes in nothing else than the truth and divinity of human nature.”

Source : Ludwig Feuerbach (1854). “The essence of Christianity”, p.8
“How one can live without being able to judge oneself, criticize what one has accomplished, and still enjoy what one does, is unimaginable to me.”
“Once in awhile throughout the day...let go into full acceptance of the present moment, including how you are feeling and what you perceive to be happening... Give yourself permission to allow this moment to be exactly as it is, and allow yourself to be exactly as you are. Then, when you're ready, move in the direction your heart tells you to go, mindfully and with resolution.”
“I disagree with those who argue that evolutionary biology and the existence of God are incompatible.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“But what we all have to learn is that we can't do everything ourselves.”
“It is the greenback which is unstable, and not bullion.”
“Who are you talking to right now? Who is it you think you see? Do you know how much I make a year? I mean, even if I told you, you wouldn't believe it. Do you know what would happen if I suddenly decided to stop going into work? A business big enough that it could be listed on the NASDAQ goes belly up. Disappears. It ceases to exist, without me.”
“I've watched the demise of the Hollywood orchestra, the house orchestras of the big studios.”

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