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He who is firm in will molds the world to himself. [Ger., Aber wer fest auf dem Sinne beharrt, der bildet die Welt sich.]

He who is firm in will molds the world to himself. [Ger., Aber wer fest auf dem Sinne beharrt, der bildet die Welt sich.]

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Mold, World, Firm

Animals, we have been told, are taught by their organs. Yes, I would add, and so are men, but men have this further advantage that they can also teach their organs in return.

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Animal, Men, Add

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.

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Knowledge, Thinking, Knowing

What is fruitful alone is true.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1971). “Goethe's color theory”

Whoever would do good in the world, ought not to deal in censure. We ought not to destroy, but rather construct.

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Library, World, Deals

Let no one be like another, yet everyone like the highest. How is this done? Be each one perfect in himself.

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Perfect, Meaning Of Life, Done

The sickness of the heart is most easily got rid of by complaining and soothing confidence.

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Grief, Heart, Complaining

I always seek the good that is in people and leave the bad to Him who made mankind and knows how to round off the corners.

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People, Made, Mankind

The aim of living is life itself.

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Aim

Change amuses the mind, but rarely profits.

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Mind, Profit

The thought of death leaves me in perfect peace, for I have a firm conviction that our spirit is a being of indestructible nature; it works on from eternity to eternity, it is like the sun, which though it seems to set to our mortal eyes, does not really set, but shines on perpetually.

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Spiritual, Eye, Shine On

To make converts is the natural ambition of everyone.

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Ambition, Natural

Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are dim, the whole world is clouded.

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Life, Motivational, Fitness

The world remains ever the same.

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Literature, World, Remains
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Johann Peter Eckermann (2014). “Conversations of Goethe with Johann Peter Eckermann”, p.117, Ravenio Books

To have a positive religion is not necessary. To be in harmony with yourself and the universe is what counts, and this is possible without positive and specific formulation in words.

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Atheist, Religion, Harmony

To live within limits. To want one thing. Or a few things very much and love them dearly. Cling to them, survey them from every angle. Become one with them - that is what makes the poet, the artist, the human being.

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Motivational, Artist, And Love

Traveling is like gambling: it is always connected with winning and losing and generally where it is least expected we receive, more or less than what we hoped for.

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Travel, Winning, Gambling

Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes.

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Dream, Destiny, Order
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2016). “Elective Affinities”, p.186, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

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Motivational, Success, Leadership

What is part of you, you cannot get rid of, even if you were to throw it away.

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Human Nature, Ifs

Where the light is brightest, the shadows are deepest.

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Light, Illumination, Shadow

A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them, and he patiently suffers much for them; but he becomes impatient if he is required to give them up.

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Men, Giving, Mind
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2015). “Maxims and Reflections”, p.115, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.

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Friendship, Old Friends, Strange

The little man is still a man.

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Men, Literature, Littles

nothing puts me so completely out of patience as the utterance of a wretched commonplace when I am talking from my inmost heart.

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Heart, Talking, Utterance
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2016). “THE SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHER (Literary Classics Series): Historical Romance Novel”, p.29, e-artnow

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