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 GOETHEI 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.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
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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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Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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I wait for the morning of my tears.
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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.
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What is uttered from the heart alone will win the heart of others to your own.
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Night is the other half of life, and the better half.
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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
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What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
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Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
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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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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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And all must follow in my wake.
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I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.
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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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He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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