Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on acceptance
“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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He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe I love those who yearn for the impossible.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe 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.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe There is no past we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternal now that builds and creates out of the past something new and better.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe The suffering may be moral or physical; and in my opinion it is just as absurd to call a man a coward who destroys himself, as to call a man a coward who dies of a malignant fever.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Doubt can only be removed by action.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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