Every day look at a beautiful picture read a beautiful poem listen to some beautiful music and if possible say some reasonable thing.
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About Goethe

Goethe was a 18th-century German writer and polymath. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a wide-ranging influence on literary, political, and philosophical thought in the Western world from the late 18th century to the present. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Philosophy — Deep thoughts on existence, knowledge, and the nature of reality

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“For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.”
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“But one must know where one stands and where the others wish to go.”
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“So lively brisk old fellow don't let age get you down. White hairs or not you can still be a lover.”
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“The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him everybody sees them.”
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“I call architecture 'petrified music'.”
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“Architecture is frozen music.”
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