Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWe do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
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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Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
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Doubt can only be removed by action.
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I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.
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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.
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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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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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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.
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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
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Remember to live.
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Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.
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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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