The suffering may be moral or physical; and in my opinion it is just as absurd to call a man a coward who destroys himself, as to call a man a coward who dies of a malignant fever.
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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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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In the colorful reflection we have what is life.
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Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
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Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
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Everything transitory is but an image.
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I wait for the morning of my tears.
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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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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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A person hears only what they understand.
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For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
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Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
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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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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
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