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.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWhat is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
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Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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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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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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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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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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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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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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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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There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
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Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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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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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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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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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
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Remember to live.
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Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.
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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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What a torment it is to see so much loveliness passing and repassing before us, and yet not dare to lay hold of it!
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