Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWe do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
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I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.
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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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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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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.
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One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.
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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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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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Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
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To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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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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By seeking and blundering we learn.
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