There is no past we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternal now that builds and creates out of the past something new and better.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHENothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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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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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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I wait for the morning of my tears.
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And all must follow in my wake.
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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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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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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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Every day one should at least hear one little song, read one good poem, see one fine painting and – if at all possible – speak a few sensible words.
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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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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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I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.
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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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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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He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
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