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.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEDaring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
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We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
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Every day one should at least hear one little song, read one good poem, see one fine painting and – if at all possible – speak a few sensible words.
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What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
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The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
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The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
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Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
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The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine.
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How often do I lull my seething blood to rest, for you have never seen anything so unsteady, so uncertain, as this heart.
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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 heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains.
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Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.
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Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
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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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