We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for.
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Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
When the healthy nature of man acts as a whole, when he feels himself to be in the world as in a great, beautiful, noble, and valued whole, when harmonious ease affords him a pure and free delight, then the universe, if it could experience itself, would exult, as having attained its goal, and admire the climax of its own becoming and essence.
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What makes people happy is activity changing evil itself into good by power, working in a God like manner.
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Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.
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Oh youth, thou must thyself restrain!
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There is repetition everywhere, and nothing is found only once in the world.
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