Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHENothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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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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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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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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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
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By seeking and blundering we learn.
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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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Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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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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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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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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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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