One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEI 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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We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
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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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Doubt can only be removed by action.
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The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
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Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
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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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The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.
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The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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A 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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There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
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By seeking and blundering we learn.
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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though ’twere his own.
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