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.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEThe 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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In the colorful reflection we have what is life.
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We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
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Doubt can only be removed by action.
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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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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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Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
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Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
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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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The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
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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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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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In happy ignorance, I sighed for a world I did not know, where I hoped to find every pleasure and enjoyment which my heart could desire; and now, on my return from that wide world, how many disappointed hopes and unsuccessful plans have I brought back!
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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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