Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEKnow thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
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I wait for the morning of my tears.
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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
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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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Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
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Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
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There is no past we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternal now that builds and creates out of the past something new and better.
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The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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In the colorful reflection we have what is life.
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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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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
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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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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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