There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEA man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.
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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.
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For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
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Leap and the net will appear.
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I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.
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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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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
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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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And all must follow in my wake.
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What I possess, seems far away to me, and what is gone becomes reality.
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When scholars study a thing, they strive to kill it first, if it’s alive; then they have the parts and they’ve lost the whole, for the link that’s missing was the living soul.
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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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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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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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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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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
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I wait for the morning of my tears.
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What is uttered from the heart alone will win the heart of others to your own.
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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
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