Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHETo 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 does not dominate; it cultivates.
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We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
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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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The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
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In the colorful reflection we have what is life.
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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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Night is the other half of life, and the better half.
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We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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What a torment it is to see so much loveliness passing and repassing before us, and yet not dare to lay hold of it!
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Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
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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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If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.
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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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