Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEThere is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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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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Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
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Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though ’twere his own.
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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.
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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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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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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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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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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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There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
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