A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEKnow thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
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Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.
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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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How often do I lull my seething blood to rest, for you have never seen anything so unsteady, so uncertain, as this heart.
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The human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in order to live, and what little freedom remains so fills them with fear that they seek out any and every means to be rid of it.
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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
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Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
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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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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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Every situation–nay, every moment–is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.
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Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.
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