Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHELife belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
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The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains.
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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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We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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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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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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Every day one should at least hear one little song, read one good poem, see one fine painting and – if at all possible – speak a few sensible words.
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What a torment it is to see so much loveliness passing and repassing before us, and yet not dare to lay hold of it!
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Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.
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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
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If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.
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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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