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.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEI have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.
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The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
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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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The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
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In the colorful reflection we have what is life.
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If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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Everything transitory is but an image.
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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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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine.
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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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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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