Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEOblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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In happy ignorance, I sighed for a world I did not know, where I hoped to find every pleasure and enjoyment which my heart could desire; and now, on my return from that wide world, how many disappointed hopes and unsuccessful plans have I brought back!
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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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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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To be loved for what one is, that is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him; their own selves, their version of him.
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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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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
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Leap and the net will appear.
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The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.
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Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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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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