The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEEvery reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.
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Doubt can only be removed by action.
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What is uttered from the heart alone will win the heart of others to your own.
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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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We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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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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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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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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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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