Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEFor a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
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Leap and the net will appear.
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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
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Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
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Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.
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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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By seeking and blundering we learn.
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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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Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
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Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
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