When scholars study a thing, they strive to kill it first, if it’s alive; then they have the parts and they’ve lost the whole, for the link that’s missing was the living soul.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEKnowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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Doubt can only be removed by action.
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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
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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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In the colorful reflection we have what is life.
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though ’twere his own.
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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Remember to live.
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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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