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.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEEvery 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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Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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There is no past we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternal now that builds and creates out of the past something new and better.
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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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Everything transitory is but an image.
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Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
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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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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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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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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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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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A person hears only what they understand.
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Night is the other half of life, and the better half.
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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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