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"There is one thing that freezes a musician more than the deadliest physical cold, and that is the spiritual chill of an unresponsive audience!"
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"The aim is to love God because the pure heart loves loving God and because the true mind knows He deserves it. Unlike the accusations and beliefs of the critics and skeptics, it is neither an obligation of duty; nor a fear of damnation; nor a wish for power; nor a desire to appear more righteous than others; nor because God needs it; but because through all love, truth, reason, faith, honesty, and joy in and beyond oneself and the universe, He is worthy."

"At every given moment we are absolutely perfect for what is required for our journey."

"Remain true to the earth, my brethren, with the power of your virtue! Let your bestowing love and your knowledge be devoted to be the meaning of the earth! . . . Let it not fly away from the earthly and beat against eternal walls with its wings. . . . Lead, like me, the flown-away virtue back to the earth-yes, back to body and life: that it may give to the earth its meaning, a human meaning!"

"The mind is the sacred centre of all attraction."
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"Governmental aid is a drawback rather than an assistance, as, although it may facilitate in the routine of artistic production, it is an impediment to the development of true artistic genius."

"I have always believed that 98% of a student's progress is due to his own efforts, and 2% to his teacher."

"There is one thing that freezes a musician more than the deadliest physical cold, and that is the spiritual chill of an unresponsive audience!"

"American teachers have one indisputable advantage over foreign ones; they understand the American temperament and can judge its unevenness, its lights and its shadows."

"I can almost always write music; at any hour of the twenty-four, if I put pencil to paper, music comes."
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