Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEIs 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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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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A person hears only what they understand.
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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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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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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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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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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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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 nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
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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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