Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEThings which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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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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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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A person hears only what they understand.
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By seeking and blundering we learn.
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We all of us live upon the past, and through the past we are destroyed.
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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
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We often feel that we lack something, and seem to see that very quality in someone else, promptly attributing all our own qualities to him too, and a kind of ideal contentment as well. And so the happy mortal is a model of complete perfection–which we have ourselves created.
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Doubt can only be removed by action.
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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.
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