Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEThe greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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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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Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
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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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There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
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He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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Is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason or after he has lost it?
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A person hears only what they understand.
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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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How often do I lull my seething blood to rest, for you have never seen anything so unsteady, so uncertain, as this heart.
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The human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in order to live, and what little freedom remains so fills them with fear that they seek out any and every means to be rid of it.
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We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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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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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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