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"I never force myself to be devout except when I feel so inspired, and never compose hymns of prayers unless I feel within me real and true devotion."
Devotion
"No one feels another's grief, no one understands another's joy. People imagine they can reach one another. In reality they only pass each other by."
People
"Why does God endow us with compassion?"
God
"There are eight girls in the house in which I am living, and practically all of them are good looking. You can realize that I am kept busy."
Girls
"Above all things, I must not get angry. If I do get angry I knock all the teeth out of the mouth of the poor wretch who has angered me."
Poor
"Easy mind, light heart. A mind that is too easy hides a heart that is too heavy."
Heart
"The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention."
Fool
"The world resembles a stage on which every man is playing a part."
Man
"Approval or blame will follow in the world to come."
Approval
"I am composing like a god, as if it simply had to be done as it has been done."
God
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"Children now expect their parents to audition for approval."
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Personal Development
"When you release yourself from the need for approval and control you can stop punishing yourself and others."
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Personal Development
"The pursuit of approval usually ends in disaster."
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Personal Development
"But I'm not worried about seeking out the approval of others - that high school thing of joining the club."
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Personal Development
"I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses."
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Personal Development
"I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything."
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Personal Development
"Those whose approval you seek most give you the least."
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Personal Development
"Approval or blame will follow in the world to come."
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Personal Development
"Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout."
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Personal Development
"That does not mean that we must forego just and fair criticism, or refrain from opposition to policies which are debatable or which do not command our approval."
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