Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWho 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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For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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What I possess, seems far away to me, and what is gone becomes reality.
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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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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Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.
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Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
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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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Doubt can only be removed by action.
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