Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

• The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.

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  Wisdom, Moving, Believe

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• Why look for conspiracy when stupidity can explain so much

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  Stupidity, Looks, Conspiracy

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• A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.

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  Wise, Dream, Attitude

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• Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success.

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  Inspirational, Courage, Commitment

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• To the world you might be one person, but to one person, you might be the world. Kindness is the golden chain by which our world is bound together.

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  Kindness, Our World, Together

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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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  Loyalty, Respect, Honesty

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• None are so hopelessly enslaved, as those who falsely believe they are free. The truth has been kept from the depth of their minds by masters who rule them with lies. They feed them on falsehoods till wrong looks like right in their eyes.

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  Lying, Believe, Eye

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  Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.

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  Inspirational, Song, Intelligence

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• At the moment of commitment the entire universe conspires to assist you.

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  Commitment, Moments, Universe

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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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  Happiness, Uplifting, Smart

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• Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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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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  Crazy, Personality, Insanity

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• Nothing is more odious than the majority, for it consists of a few powerful leaders, a certain number of accommodating scoundrels and submissive weaklings, and a mass of men who trot after them without thinking, or knowing their own minds.

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  Powerful, Men, Thinking

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• If you want to make life easy, make it hard.

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  Life, Motivational, Positive

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• The solution of every problem is another problem

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  Math, Logic, Problem

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• A person hears only what they understand.

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  Motivational, Positive, Positivity

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• Nothing is worth more than this day. You cannot relive yesterday. Tomorrow is still beyond your reach.

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  Time, Yesterday, Mindfulness

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• Each indecision brings its own delays and days are lost lamenting over lost days... What you can do or think you can do, begin it. For boldness has magic, power, and genius in it.

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  Inspirational, Mistake, Thinking

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• Nothing is more disgusting than the majority: because it consists of a few powerful predecessors, of rogues who adapt themselves, of weak who assimilate themselves, and the masses who imitate without knowing at all what they want.

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  Powerful, Knowing, Majority

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• Music is liquid architecture; Architecture is frozen music.

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  Frozen, Liquid, Architecture

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• Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must do.

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  Friendship, Peace, Enemy

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• The main thing is to have a soul that loves the truth and harbours it where he finds it. And another thing: truth requires constant repetition, because error is being preached about us all the time, and not only by isolated individuals but by the masses. In the newspapers and encyclopedias, in schools and universities, everywhere error rides high and basks in the consciousness of having the majority on its side.

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  Education, Truth, School

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  Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

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  Mirrors, Empathy, Behaviour

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• If nature is your teacher, your soul will awaken.

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  Teacher, Soul, Your Soul

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• There are two things parents should give their children roots and wings. Roots to give them bearing and a sense of belonging, but also wings to help free them from constraints and prejudices and give them other ways to travel (or rather, to fly).

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  Children, Wings, Two

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