Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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We all of us live upon the past, and through the past we are destroyed.
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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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There is no past we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternal now that builds and creates out of the past something new and better.
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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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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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To 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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Night is the other half of life, and the better half.
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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine.
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Remember to live.
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Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
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