Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWhat 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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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains.
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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We often feel that we lack something, and seem to see that very quality in someone else, promptly attributing all our own qualities to him too, and a kind of ideal contentment as well. And so the happy mortal is a model of complete perfection–which we have ourselves created.
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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.
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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
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