The suffering may be moral or physical; and in my opinion it is just as absurd to call a man a coward who destroys himself, as to call a man a coward who dies of a malignant fever.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEA really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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Every day I observe more and more the folly of judging of others by ourselves; and I have so much trouble with myself, and my own heart is in such constant agitation, that I am well content to let others pursue their own course, if they only allow me the same privilege.
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I wait for the morning of my tears.
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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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Doubt can only be removed by action.
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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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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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We all of us live upon the past, and through the past we are destroyed.
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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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