I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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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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Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
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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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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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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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A person hears only what they understand.
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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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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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Doubt can only be removed by action.
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The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
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