We all of us live upon the past, and through the past we are destroyed.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEInstruction does much, but encouragement everything.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
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Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
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A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.
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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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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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Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
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Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
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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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In the colorful reflection we have what is life.
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What a torment it is to see so much loveliness passing and repassing before us, and yet not dare to lay hold of it!
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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
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Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
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Remember to live.
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