For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEThe heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains.
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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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Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.
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The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
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What I possess, seems far away to me, and what is gone becomes reality.
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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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We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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And all must follow in my wake.
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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
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We all of us live upon the past, and through the past we are destroyed.
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Leap and the net will appear.
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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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