Every situation–nay, every moment–is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.
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.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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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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Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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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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Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
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The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
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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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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 frightful than ignorance in action.
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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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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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The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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