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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
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Difficult Inspirational
The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains.
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Love Ourselves View Walk
On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
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We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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In happy ignorance, I sighed for a world I did not know, where I hoped to find every pleasure and enjoyment which my heart could desire; and now, on my return from that wide world, how many disappointed hopes and unsuccessful plans have I brought back!
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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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Feeling Heart Philosophy
A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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Greatness Happiness Talent
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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If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.
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Himself Man Noble Philosophy Soul Writing
I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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Heart Laughter Myself
We often feel that we lack something, and seem to see that very quality in someone else, promptly attributing all our own qualities to him too, and a kind of ideal contentment as well. And so the happy mortal is a model of complete perfection–which we have ourselves created.
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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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Character Easy Himself Judgement Man Yourself
The suffering may be moral or physical; and in my opinion it is just as absurd to call a man a coward who destroys himself, as to call a man a coward who dies of a malignant fever.
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Destroy Mad Man Moral Opinion Suffering
By seeking and blundering we learn.
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Learning Mistake Seek
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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Act Easy Philosophy Thinking
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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