In happy ignorance, I sighed for a world I did not know, where I hoped to find every pleasure and enjoyment which my heart could desire; and now, on my return from that wide world, how many disappointed hopes and unsuccessful plans have I brought back!
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWe often feel that we lack something, and seem to see that very quality in someone else, promptly attributing all our own qualities to him too, and a kind of ideal contentment as well. And so the happy mortal is a model of complete perfection–which we have ourselves created.
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
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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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We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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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 you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
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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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Night is the other half of life, and the better half.
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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 intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
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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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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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