Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEEvery day I observe more and more the folly of judging of others by ourselves; and I have so much trouble with myself, and my own heart is in such constant agitation, that I am well content to let others pursue their own course, if they only allow me the same privilege.
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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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Who 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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Every situation–nay, every moment–is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.
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How often do I lull my seething blood to rest, for you have never seen anything so unsteady, so uncertain, as this heart.
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We often feel that we lack something, and seem to see that very quality in someone else, promptly attributing all our own qualities to him too, and a kind of ideal contentment as well. And so the happy mortal is a model of complete perfection–which we have ourselves created.
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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
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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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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
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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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What I possess, seems far away to me, and what is gone becomes reality.
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