Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “Mastery passes often for egotism.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “Mastery passes often for egotism.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Related Quotes “Fearlessness is not the absence of fear. It’s the mastery of fear. It’s about getting up one more time than we fall down.” -Arianna Huffington “Democracy passes into despotism.” -Plato “Most of us take for granted that time flies, meaning that it passes too quickly. But in the mindful state, time doesn’t really pass at all. There is only a single instant of time that keeps renewing itself over and over with infinite variety.” -Deepak Chopra “No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “Remember, the easy road often becomes hard, and the hard road often becomes easy.” -Robert Kiyosaki “Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one’s thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “Nothing is worth more than this day.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe