Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
Enthusiasm is of the greatest value, so long as we are not carried away by it.
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We are poor, feeble, and blind mortals when the eye of the Almighty looks through all worlds and by his power executes all things aright, and by his grace, he makes us all rich in Heavenly Gifts. In distress and in bereavements, we can look only to him. From mortals like ourselves we can derive no help.
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He who can believe himself well, will be well.
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Yoga means union, in all its significances and dimensions.
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I ate better in Liberia than I did in Ohio.
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Human beings are natural mimickers. The more you're conscious of the other side's posture, mannerisms, and word choices - and the more you subtly reflect those back - the more accurate you'll be at taking their perspective.
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We condemn any kind of abuse of Muslim women or women anywhere in the world.
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Sometimes my arm wants to throw a hard fastball, but my brain doesn't want to throw it that hard.
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I was a pilot and flying hang gliders, paragliders, aerobatics airplanes, and then I discovered skydiving. Free fall. Free. With nothing around you, just a parachute on your back. And you go down. But you don't feel like you're going down. Total freedom.
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Nobody ever worked as hard as my father. My father averaged maybe four hours of sleep at night, and when you're a kid, you don't realize that.
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But love like that doesn’t just disappear, does it? No matter how powerful the hate, there’s always a little love left, underneath.Yes. Horrible, isn’t it?
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Place honey on the altars and die, You lovers that are bitter at heart.
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There was the Cultural Revolution just over the border, and Hong Kong felt quite dodgy. My younger brother's wife actually swam from China to Hong Kong to escape. I realised in the '60s that I had to get out.
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The name ‘London Banker’ had especially a charmed value. He was supposed to represent, and often did represent, a certain union of pecuniary sagacity and educated refinement which was scarcely to be found in any other part of society.
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No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.
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This year I am choosing to live beyond my wildest dreams. I wonder where they'll take me.
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The life force is vigorous. The delight that accompanies it counter-balances all the pains and hardships that confront men. It makes life worth living.
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Enthusiasm is of the greatest value, so long as we are not carried away by it.
