He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEAs soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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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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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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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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Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
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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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A word spoken is a terrible thing when it suddenly utters what the heart has long allowed.
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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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A person hears only what they understand.
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Doubt can only be removed by action.
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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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Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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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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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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