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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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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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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I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.
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If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
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The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine.
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
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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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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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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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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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