Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWe know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
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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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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
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What a torment it is to see so much loveliness passing and repassing before us, and yet not dare to lay hold of it!
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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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For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
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Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
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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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All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
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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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Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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