We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHENothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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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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Night is the other half of life, and the better half.
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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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In the colorful reflection we have what is life.
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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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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
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The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.
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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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Is 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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You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
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Doubt can only be removed by action.
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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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