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.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEIf 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.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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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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Every situation–nay, every moment–is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.
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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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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.
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Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
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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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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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Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
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Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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