The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.
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 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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Leap and the net will appear.
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One 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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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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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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The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
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What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
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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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We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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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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Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
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What I possess, seems far away to me, and what is gone becomes reality.
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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 love you, what business is it of yours?
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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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