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.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEOn top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
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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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There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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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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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
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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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Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.
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I wait for the morning of my tears.
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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
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Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
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The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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Remember to live.
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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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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