Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
What dazzles, for the moment spends its spirit; Whats genuine, shall posterity inherit.
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This I know; the spirit of Man cannot be stopped.
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When you're collaborating with somebody, there has to be a spirit of cooperation. There are a lot of times when you just can't persuade someone to write a certain type of song, either musically or lyrically.
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This generosity that has been offered to the United States says very much about the Venezuelan spirit.
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I adore book-to-film adaptations when they're done well, and I'm more lenient than many readers when it comes to what counts as 'done well.' For me, the most important thing is that the film maintains the spirit of the original book.
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I do not believe in the eternity of the spirit. That contradicts my ideology.
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The spirit, like the body, can be strengthened and developed by frequent exercise. Just as the body, if neglected, grows weaker and finally impotent, so the spirit perishes if untended.
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To appropriate an invention, be it artistic or technical, you have to have at least a part of your spirit embracing it so radically that you somehow change.
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I am a free spirit. I tell the truth, and I like to mix it up.
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Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house to the inhabitant.
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Your spirit is your spirit, whether you're religious or whatever.
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If the Holy Spirit can take over the subconscious with our consent and cooperation, then we have almighty Power working at the basis of our lives, then we can do anything we ought to do, go anywhere we ought to go, and be anything we ought to be.
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Heaven is a state of mind, not a location, since Spirit is everywhere and in everything.
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Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius.
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If the believers of the present-day religions would earnestly try to think and act in the spirit of the founders of these religions then no hostility on the basis of religion would exist among the followers of the different faiths. Even the conflicts and the realm of religion would be exposed as insignificant.
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Even though it's still the United States, I think on many levels they feel separate, especially the true Hawaiians - who are not necessarily thrilled to be a part of the United States. But I just love the whole spirit.
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I am moved by the spirit of Angolans and the work UNICEF is doing, but I am saddened by the hardships I have seen, and the fact that a little flexing of financial muscle from rich countries could do so much.
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It is important that when we are engaged in admonition or exhortation or confrontation with a brother who is overcome in sin, we call attention to the truth in an extraordinarily compassionate and tender and loving spirit.
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I'm really struck by the spirit and determination by the volunteers from the state of Alabama, ... astonishing adversity.
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My father, his spirit is with me constantly, and I'm a believer in that world and the world of dreams and that stuff.
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I understand by 'freedom of spirit' something quite definite - the unconditional will to say No, where it is dangerous to say No.
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Without the frown of clouds and lightning, the vines would be burned by the smiling sun.
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Through discipline comes freedom.
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What dazzles, for the moment spends its spirit; Whats genuine, shall posterity inherit.
