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 GOETHEIs this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason or after he has lost it?
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For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
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Every situation–nay, every moment–is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.
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Everything transitory is but an image.
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I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.
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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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Leap and the net will appear.
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The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
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Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.
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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.
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What a torment it is to see so much loveliness passing and repassing before us, and yet not dare to lay hold of it!
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
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