The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEDaring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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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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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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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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Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.
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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.
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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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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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I wait for the morning of my tears.
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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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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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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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Doubt can only be removed by action.
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