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Nothing is worth more than this day.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Age: 82 †
Born: 1749
Born: August 22
Died: 1832
Died: March 22
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What a mighty spirit in a narrow bosom. [Ger., Welch' hoher Geist in einer engen Brust.]
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All sects seem to me to be right in what they assert, and wrong in what they deny.
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I don't know a greater advantage, than to appreciate the worth of an enemy.
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The deepest, the only theme of human history, compared to which all others are of subordinate importance, is the conflict of skepticism with faith.
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Zweck sein selbst ist jegliches Tier. Each animal is an end in itself.
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One should not search for anything behind the phenomena. They themselves are the message.
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Alas, that we should be so unwilling to listen to the still and holy yearnings of the heart! A god whispers quite softly in our breast, softly yet audibly telling us what we ought to seek and what to shun.
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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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Thus I reel from desire to fulfillment and in fulfillment languish for desire.
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I am certain that I have been here as I am now a thousand times before, and I hope to return a thousand times... Man is a dialogue between nature and God. On other planets this dialogue will doubtless be of a higher and profounder character. What is lacking is Self-Knowledge. After that the rest will follow.
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Three things are to be looked to in a building: that it stand on the right spot that it is securely founded that it be successfully executed.
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A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.
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The Woman-Soul leadeth us upward and on!
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Wishes are premonitions of abilities.
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Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.
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What I possess I would gladly retain. Change amuses the mind, yet scarcely profits.
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It is one of Heaven's best gifts to hold such a dear creature in one's arms.
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The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.
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Higher aims are in themselves more valuable, even if unfulfilled, than lower ones quite attained.
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