"It is ever true that he who..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
It is ever true that he who does nothing for others, does nothing for himself." ~ Goethe
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“I always had an aversion to your apostles of freedom; each but sought for himself freedom to do what he liked.”
“Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction.”
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“We do not like to praise, and seldom praise anyone without self-interest.”
“Whoever has really sacrificed anything, knows that he wanted and got something in return.”
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“Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. Wikis give us a place where anyone who is kind, thoughtful and intelligent can come and join us in building a better and more rational world. Jimmy Wales Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.”
“If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved.”
“Do not go out of your way to do good whenever it comes your way. Men who make a business of doing good to others are apt to hate others in the same occupation. Simply be filled with the thought of good, and it will radiate you do not have to bother about it, any more than you need trouble about your digestion.”