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 GOETHEDifficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
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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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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
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A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.
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The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
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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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Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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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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We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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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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The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
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