Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEMagic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
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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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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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Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.
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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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What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
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We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
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The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
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Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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Leap and the net will appear.
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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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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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The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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