Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEBy seeking and blundering we learn.
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Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.
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We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
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A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.
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Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
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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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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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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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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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