We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWe usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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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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The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.
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Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
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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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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
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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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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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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.
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By seeking and blundering we learn.
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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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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
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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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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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