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Even the lowliest, provided he is whole, can be happy, and in his own way, perfect.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

More from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  1. Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.
  2. Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.
  3. Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one.
  4. Everything in the world may be endured except continued prosperity.
  5. Distrust those in whom the desire to punish is strong.
  6. Everything is simpler than you think and at the same time more complex than you imagine.
  7. Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes.
  8. He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

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Topics in this quote

  • philosophy
  • happiness
  • self growth
  • humility
  • wholeness

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