Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
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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A person hears only what they understand.
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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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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
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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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Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
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He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
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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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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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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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Night is the other half of life, and the better half.
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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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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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Every situation–nay, every moment–is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.
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Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
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