Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
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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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
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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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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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What I possess, seems far away to me, and what is gone becomes reality.
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Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
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He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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In the colorful reflection we have what is life.
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A person hears only what they understand.
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What is uttered from the heart alone will win the heart of others to your own.
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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!
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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 do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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