What I possess, seems far away to me, and what is gone becomes reality.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWe do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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Everything transitory is but an image.
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Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
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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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There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
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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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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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Every 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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A person hears only what they understand.
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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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Night is the other half of life, and the better half.
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In happy ignorance, I sighed for a world I did not know, where I hoped to find every pleasure and enjoyment which my heart could desire; and now, on my return from that wide world, how many disappointed hopes and unsuccessful plans have I brought back!
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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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