Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.

Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.

The man who acts never has any conscience; no one has any conscience but the...

The man who acts never has any conscience; no one has any conscience but the...

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.

Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.

Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.

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

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

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than...

Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than...

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be...

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be...

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have...

We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have...

In comradeship is danger countered best.

In comradeship is danger countered best.

Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and...

Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and...

Let your best be for your friend...

Let your best be for your friend...

It is at the edge of a petal that love waits.

It is at the edge of a petal that love waits.