"Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God."

God, Heart, Thoughts

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"Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God."

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"God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal."

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William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet

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Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

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"Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture."

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"Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity, and here has its greatest effect on life, an effect that remains the same through all ages and epochs. Secular music should be cheerful throughout."

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"Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses at home."

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"It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself."

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"I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that shows that what I say is true."

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