The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self.
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The dream is the liberation of the spirit from the pressure of external nature, a detachment of the soul from the fetters of matter.
What is the seal of liberation? Not to be ashamed in front of oneself.
If we are in a general way permitted to regard human activity in the realm of the beautiful as a liberation of the soul, as a release from constraint and restriction, in short to consider that art does actually alleviate the most overpowering and tragic catastrophes by means of the creations it offers to our contemplation and enjoyment, it is the art of music which conducts us to the final summit of that ascent to freedom.
And without a doubt it is more comfortable to endure blind bondage than to work for one’s liberation; the dead, too, are better suited to the earth than the living.
