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"The condition you're in at this moment is the product of your previous thoughts, to change your condition, change your thoughts."
Personal Development

"Life becomes difficult when out of sync with your heart-felt desires."

"God is not ecstatic about the lack you are experiencing; He is not delightful over your failures, He is not happy about your stagnancy."

"The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency."

"To get matured, you must have an education in the School of Solitude!"

"Happiness is not defined by how much money you possess."
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"I've always been aware of having feelings that were pretty intense at times. I imagine most people have had that, or they wouldn't be human."

"This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it."

"Turn off the TV and start digging around for information that's not from a corporation trying to make money."

"If something bothers me, it bothers me for a long time until I find a way to work it out. Music provided me with a means of working things out."

"Maybe I spent more time dwelling on emotions than some people, and maybe that's why I ended up writing."

"Most of the music you hear on the radio today is developed for making money. It doesn't feel true or honest. You can feel it in the music."

"I never set out to write songs about the world around me... it just kind of came about as a result of paying more attention to things."

"For a long time I was interested in being a social worker. In a lot of ways I feel that that's all my music is, trying to help people."
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