Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHETo think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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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.
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To be loved for what one is, that is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him; their own selves, their version of him.
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You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
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Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
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The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.
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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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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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Everything transitory is but an image.
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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What I possess, seems far away to me, and what is gone becomes reality.
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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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