Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEKnow thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
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I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.
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The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
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Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.
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What I possess, seems far away to me, and what is gone becomes reality.
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I wait for the morning of my tears.
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One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.
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To be loved for what one is, that is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him; their own selves, their version of him.
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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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Every situation–nay, every moment–is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.
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Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
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The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
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Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.
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Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
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How often do I lull my seething blood to rest, for you have never seen anything so unsteady, so uncertain, as this heart.
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Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
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Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
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The suffering may be moral or physical; and in my opinion it is just as absurd to call a man a coward who destroys himself, as to call a man a coward who dies of a malignant fever.
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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
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If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.
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Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though ’twere his own.
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