One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEKnowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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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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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
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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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We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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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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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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How often do I lull my seething blood to rest, for you have never seen anything so unsteady, so uncertain, as this heart.
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Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
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A person hears only what they understand.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine.
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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
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