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I would say that Op 31 had brought music just to the very edge … I just simply drew back and said, “beyond that lies complete chaos”.


Leo Ornstein

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LEO BUSCAGLIA Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.
LEO TOLSTOY When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mu...
LEO BURNETT I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom a...
LEO TOLSTOY Only when we give joyfully, without hesitation or thought of gain, can we truly know what love mea...
LEO BUSCAGLIA The wise man questions the wisdom of others because he questions his own, the foolish man, because ...
LEO STEIN Don't hold to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from love.
LEO BUSCAGLIA The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.
LEO TOLSTOY How can one be well...when one suffers morally?
LEO TOLSTOY There are two big forces at work, external and internal. We have very little control over external ...
LEO BUSCAGLIA I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the str...
LEO ROSTEN The Kingdom of God is within you.. and all beings.
LEO TOLSTOY There are only five things you can do in baseball: run, throw, catch, hit and hit with power.
LEO DUROCHER Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.
LEO DUROCHER It seldom happens that a man changes his life through his habitual reasoning. No matter how fully he...
LEO TOLSTOY Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
LEO TOLSTOY I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.
LEO ROSTEN But every acquisition that is disproportionate to the labor spent on it is dishonest.
LEO TOLSTOY Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?
LEO TOLSTOY There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
LEO TOLSTOY Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.
LEO ROSTEN A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.
LEO ROSTEN I spend some of my time brooding about people who seem addicted to double standards - those who take...
JOHN LEO