Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEToo many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.
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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
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Every situation–nay, every moment–is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.
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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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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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I wait for the morning of my tears.
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To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.
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To be loved for what one is, that is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him; their own selves, their version of him.
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Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.
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Doubt can only be removed by action.
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Leap and the net will appear.
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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
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The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
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