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.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEA person hears only what they understand.
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There is no past we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternal now that builds and creates out of the past something new and better.
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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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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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The human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in order to live, and what little freedom remains so fills them with fear that they seek out any and every means to be rid of it.
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The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
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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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Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
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He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
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Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.
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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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Every situation–nay, every moment–is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.
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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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Leap and the net will appear.
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