Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWe are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.
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Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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I wait for the morning of my tears.
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Doubt can only be removed by action.
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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 I love you, what business is it of yours?
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If 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.
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The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains.
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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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One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.
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The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.
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Remember to live.
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Is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason or after he has lost it?
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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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