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.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEMisunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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When scholars study a thing, they strive to kill it first, if it’s alive; then they have the parts and they’ve lost the whole, for the link that’s missing was the living soul.
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To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.
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And all must follow in my wake.
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What I possess, seems far away to me, and what is gone becomes reality.
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Every situation–nay, every moment–is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.
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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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We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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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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What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
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Doubt can only be removed by action.
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Every day one should at least hear one little song, read one good poem, see one fine painting and – if at all possible – speak a few sensible words.
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
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