Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEThe highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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Leap and the net will appear.
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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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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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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.
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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
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There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
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The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains.
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Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
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A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.
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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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