Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEEvery 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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Every day I observe more and more the folly of judging of others by ourselves; and I have so much trouble with myself, and my own heart is in such constant agitation, that I am well content to let others pursue their own course, if they only allow me the same privilege.
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A word spoken is a terrible thing when it suddenly utters what the heart has long allowed.
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If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.
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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
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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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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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Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
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Leap and the net will appear.
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A person hears only what they understand.
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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
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