Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEThere is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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When scholars study a thing, they strive to kill it first, if it’s alive; then they have the parts and they’ve lost the whole, for the link that’s missing was the living soul.
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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To be loved for what one is, that is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him; their own selves, their version of him.
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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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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
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The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
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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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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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