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.
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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Doubt can only be removed by action.
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We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.
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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.
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If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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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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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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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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