We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEFew people have the imagination for reality.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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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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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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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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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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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.
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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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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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And all must follow in my wake.
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Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
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