To be loved for what one is, that is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him; their own selves, their version of him.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEThe greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.
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What a torment it is to see so much loveliness passing and repassing before us, and yet not dare to lay hold of it!
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Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
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Doubt can only be removed by action.
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What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
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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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Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
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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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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.
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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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