The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEA person hears only what they understand.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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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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Night is the other half of life, and the better half.
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Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
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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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Everything transitory is but an image.
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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
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The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains.
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The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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Every 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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Remember to live.
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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