He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHETwo souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
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Every situation–nay, every moment–is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.
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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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What I possess, seems far away to me, and what is gone becomes reality.
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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
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Is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason or after he has lost it?
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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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Doubt can only be removed by action.
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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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The human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in order to live, and what little freedom remains so fills them with fear that they seek out any and every means to be rid of it.
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Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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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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The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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