I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the varieties of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius will never exhaust.

Igor Stravinsky
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  3. Philosophy is the highest music. - Plato

  4. Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul. - Plato

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  1. In every age it has been the tyrant, the oppressor and the exploiter who has wrapped himself in the cloak of patriotism, or religion, or both to deceive and overawe the People.", June 16, 1918)

  2. Sooner or later every war of trade becomes a war of blood.

  3. While there is a lower class, I am in it. While there is a criminal element, I am of it. While there is a soul in prison, I am not free.

  4. Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. I said then and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am...

  5. While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.

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