Every day I observe more and more the folly of judging of others by ourselves; and I have so much trouble with myself, and my own heart is in such constant agitation, that I am well content to let others pursue their own course, if they only allow me the same privilege.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEEvery 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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On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
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What I possess, seems far away to me, and what is gone becomes reality.
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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
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Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.
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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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We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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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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One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.
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Remember to live.
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If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
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Doubt can only be removed by action.
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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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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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For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
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A person hears only what they understand.
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A word spoken is a terrible thing when it suddenly utters what the heart has long allowed.
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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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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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