Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHETreat 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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Every day I observe more and more the folly of judging of others by ourselves; and I have so much trouble with myself, and my own heart is in such constant agitation, that I am well content to let others pursue their own course, if they only allow me the same privilege.
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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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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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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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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.
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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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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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Remember to live.
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Every situation–nay, every moment–is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.
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Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.
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Leap and the net will appear.
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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
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