None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEThere are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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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Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
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Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.
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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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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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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
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Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
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Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
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Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
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What a torment it is to see so much loveliness passing and repassing before us, and yet not dare to lay hold of it!
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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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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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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
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By seeking and blundering we learn.
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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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Night is the other half of life, and the better half.
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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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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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The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
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