We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEThe greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
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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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The human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in order to live, and what little freedom remains so fills them with fear that they seek out any and every means to be rid of it.
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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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The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
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Every day I observe more and more the folly of judging of others by ourselves; and I have so much trouble with myself, and my own heart is in such constant agitation, that I am well content to let others pursue their own course, if they only allow me the same privilege.
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Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
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You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
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A person hears only what they understand.
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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.
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Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
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