Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHENight is the other half of life, and the better half.
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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
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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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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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And all must follow in my wake.
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On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
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A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.
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Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.
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We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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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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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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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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The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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