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.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWe are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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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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Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
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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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Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
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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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In the colorful reflection we have what is life.
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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.
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We often feel that we lack something, and seem to see that very quality in someone else, promptly attributing all our own qualities to him too, and a kind of ideal contentment as well. And so the happy mortal is a model of complete perfection–which we have ourselves created.
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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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