"There are only two things worth aiming for, good music and a clean conscience."

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Source : 1938 Letter to Willy Strecker

Paul Hindemith

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“His followers called him Mahasamatman and said he was a god. He preferred to drop the Maha- and the -atman, however, and called himself Sam. He never claimed to be a god, but then he never claimed not to be a god.”

Source : "Lord of Light". Book by Roger Zelazny, 1967.
“Life's too short for anxious score-keeping”
“I represent the Port of Philadelphia, and I know firsthand the important role that ports play in the national and global economy. I have also seen how simple accidents can have devastating impacts on the port system.”
“I suddenly saw that all the time it was not I who had been seeking God, but God who had been seeking me. I had made myself the centre of my own existence and had my back turned to God.”
“The best plans evolve.”
“Whenever I see an erring man, I say to myself I have also erred; when I see a lustful man I say to myself, so was I once; and in this way I feel kinship with everyone in the world and feel that I cannot be happy without the humblest of us being happy.”
“Man hurts man, time and time again. As we drown in the wake of our power, somebody tell me why?”
“Conquer fear..make a decision.”

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