He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEAll that is transitory is but a metaphor.
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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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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For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
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And all must follow in my wake.
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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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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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Everything transitory is but an image.
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though ’twere his own.
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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Night is the other half of life, and the better half.
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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 man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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There is no past we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternal now that builds and creates out of the past something new and better.
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