Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter -- to all these music gives voice, but in such a way that we are transported from the world of unrest to a world of peace, and see reality in a new way, as if we were sitting by a mountain lake and contemplating hills and woods and clouds in the tranquil and fathomless water.

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We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.

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Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON.

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Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.

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Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.

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There are two means of refuge from the misery of life — music and cats.

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He who does not reflect his life back to God in gratitude does not know himself.

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The the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my knowledge is pessimistic, but my willing and hope are optimistic.

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If you love something so much let it go. If it comes back it was meant to be; if it doesn't it never was

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In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.

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