For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHETo be loved for what one is, that is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him; their own selves, their version of him.
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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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Night is the other half of life, and the better half.
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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains.
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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.
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What is uttered from the heart alone will win the heart of others to your own.
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Is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason or after he has lost it?
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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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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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I wait for the morning of my tears.
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The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
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We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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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.
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We all of us live upon the past, and through the past we are destroyed.
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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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