If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.
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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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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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
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One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.
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We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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In the colorful reflection we have what is life.
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A word spoken is a terrible thing when it suddenly utters what the heart has long allowed.
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What is uttered from the heart alone will win the heart of others to your own.
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The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.
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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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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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You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
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