We all of us live upon the past, and through the past we are destroyed.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEIf 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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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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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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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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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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What a torment it is to see so much loveliness passing and repassing before us, and yet not dare to lay hold of it!
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Night is the other half of life, and the better half.
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In the colorful reflection we have what is life.
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I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.
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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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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
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What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
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The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
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