What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEAs soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
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If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.
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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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For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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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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Everything transitory is but an image.
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Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
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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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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
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The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.
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