Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
One does not get to know that one exists until one rediscovers oneself in others.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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Knowing Myrnin, there could be anything inside, from a body he'd forgotten about to his dirty laundry.
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I have known many an instance of a man writing a letter and forgetting to sign his name, but this is the only instance I have ever known of a man signing his name and forgetting to write the letter.
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People keep trying to make me a movie star but they just don't understand. I'm not a movie star, I'm an actor.
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The world is not threatened by evil people, but by those who allow evil to take place.
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Repose is as necessary in conversation as in a picture.
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Everyone flatters himself and carries a kingdom in his breast.
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Angels transcend every religion, every philosophy, every creed. In fact Angels have no religion as we know it... Their existence precedes every religious system that has ever existed on Earth.
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Silence is the demon's trap, and the more one is silenced, the more terrible the demon; but silence is also the divinity's mutual understanding with the single individual.
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There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied assortment of pleasures; ambition, a purple robe and applause. Vices tempt you by the rewards they offer.
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Sometimes you can tell a large story with a tiny subject.
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Referring to an event in an untold story is a powerful technique rarely used.
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I was never violent. I denounced even back then violence and left it because I didn't want to be associated with that kind of taint.
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We had a very snowy early January (2005), and that ended up being very problematic for casinos in the northern tier ...
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The courts are using the First Amendment to attack religion, when they should be using it to protect religion.
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Within this moment, the only moment that exists, the past, present and future are contained.
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People, and not only Americans, are losing their sons, husbands, brothers, and fathers for no other reason than the profits of US armaments corporations, and the gullible American people seem proud of it. Those ribbon decals on their cars, SUVs and monster trucks proclaim their naive loyalty to the armaments industries and to the whores in Washington who promote wars.
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One does not get to know that one exists until one rediscovers oneself in others.
