We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEOne 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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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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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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On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.
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Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.
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You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
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What I possess, seems far away to me, and what is gone becomes reality.
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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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Night is the other half of life, and the better half.
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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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To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.
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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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The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
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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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Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
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The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
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We all of us live upon the past, and through the past we are destroyed.
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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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A person hears only what they understand.
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By seeking and blundering we learn.
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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
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