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Wolfgang GoetheA man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.

—  Wolfgang Goethe, 1749-1832, German poet & philosopher

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Steve JobsRemembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

—  Steve Jobs, 1955-2011, American businessman

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Ernest HemingwaySometimes following your heart means losing your mind.

—  Ernest Hemingway, 1899-1961, American writer, Nobel 1954

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Charles DickensHave a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

—  Charles Dickens, 1812-1870, British writer

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Joseph RouxWe distrust our heart too much, and our head not enough.

—  Joseph Roux, 1834-1905, French clergyman & poet

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Blaise PascalThe heart has its reasons which reason knows not.

—  Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662, French thinker

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Vincent Van GoghThe heart of man is very much like the sea: it has its storms, its tides, and its depths; it has its pearls too.

—  Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890, Dutch painter

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Alfred TennysonSometimes the heart sees what's invisible to the eye.

—  Alfred Tennyson, 1809-1892, English poet

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Stanislaw Jerzy LecDon't trust the heart, it wants your blood.

—  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec, 1906-1966, Polish author of maxims

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VauvenarguesGreat thoughts come from the heart.

—  Vauvenargues, 1715-1747, French author of maxims

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Sigmund FreudIn the small matters trust the mind, in the large ones the heart.

—  Sigmund Freud, 1856-1939, Austrian psychologist, founder of psychoanalysis

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Bette DavisEverybody has a heart. Except some people.

—  Bette Davis, 1908-1989, American actress

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Marcel ProustLove is space and time measured by the heart.

—  Marcel Proust, 1871-1922, French writer

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Honoré de BalzacOur heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt.

—  Honoré de Balzac, 1799-1850, French writer

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Théophile GautierTo love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind.

—  Théophile Gautier, 1811-1872, French poet & writer

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Samuel Taylor ColeridgeWhat comes from the heart goes to the heart.

—  Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1772-1834, English poet & philosopher

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Jules RenardLove is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.

—  Jules Renard, 1864-1910, French writer

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Antonio PorchiaIn a full heart there is room for everything, and in an empty heart there is room for nothing.

—  Antonio Porchia, 1885-1968, Italian-Argentinian poet

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La RochefoucauldEveryone speaks well of his heart; no one dares speak well of his mind.

—  La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680, French writer

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Antonio PorchiaA large heart can be filled with very little.

—  Antonio Porchia, 1885-1968, Italian-Argentinian poet

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H. Jackson Brown, Jr.Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.

—  H. Jackson Brown, Jr., 1940-2021, American self-help writer

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RumiThe message behind the words is the voice of the heart.

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

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Charles DickensThere is a wisdom of the Head, and … there is a wisdom of the Heart.

—  Charles Dickens, 1812-1870, British writer

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Fernando PessoaCould it think, the heart would stop beating.

—  Fernando Pessoa, 1888-1935, Portuguese poet & writer

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Eleanor RooseveltTo handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.

—  Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, Wife of the 32nd USA president

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RumiThe only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart.

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

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Thomas CarlyleIt is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.

—  Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881, English writer

Thomas CarlyleA loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

—  Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881, English writer

Leonardo da VinciTears come from the heart and not from the brain.

—  Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, Italian polymath & painter

Gustave FlaubertThe heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet.

—  Gustave Flaubert, 1821-1880, French writer

Rudyard KiplingHe who can reach a child's heart can reach the worlds heart.

—  Rudyard Kipling, 1865-1936, English writer, Nobel 1907

William Hazlitt The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right.

—  William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic

William Hazlitt We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.

—  William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic

Anatole FranceIt is well for the heart to be naive and for the mind not to be.

—  Anatole France, 1844-1924, French writer, Nobel 1921

Marcel AchardI speak to the heart more than to the ear. This is what explains my success. Because everyone has a heart, and not everyone has an ear.

—  Marcel Achard, 1899-1974, French playwright

D. H. LawrenceFor my part, I prefer my heart to be broken. It is so lovely, dawn-kaleidoscopic within the crack.

—  D. H. Lawrence, 1885-1930, British writer

Gabriel Garcia MarquezHe was healthier than the rest of us, but when you listened with the stethoscope you could hear the tears bubbling inside his heart.

—  Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014, Colombian writer

George HerbertGod sees hearts as we see faces.

—  George Herbert, 1593-1633, Welsh poet

Nicolas Chamfort The heart must either break or turn to stone.

—  Nicolas Chamfort, 1740-1794, French writer

Milan KunderaWhen the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object.

—  Milan Kundera, 1929-2023, Czech writer

Francis Scott FitzgeraldI like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it, on the inside.

—  Francis Scott Fitzgerald, 1896-1940, American writer

StendhalThe only way of touching a heart is to wound it.

—  Stendhal, 1783-1842, French writer

Personal Stories

T. S. EliotMy mind may be American but my heart is British.

—  T. S. Eliot, 1888-1965, British poet, Nobel 1948

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Latin Quotes

Saint AugustineHeart talks to heart.

Cor ad cor loquitur.

—  Saint Augustine, 354-430, Christian theologian & philosopher

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Quotes in Verse

Sylvia PlathI took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart.
I am, I am, I am.

—  Sylvia Plath, 1932-1963, American poet & writer

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Louise GlückThat's why I'm not to be trusted.
Because a wound to the heart is also a wound to the mind.

—  Louise Glück, 1943-, American poet, Nobel 2020

Emily DickinsonThe Heart wants what it wants
or else it does not care.

—  Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886, American poet

Emily DickinsonBut a Book is only the Heart’s Portrait- every Page a Pulse.

—  Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886, American poet

Proverbs

Yiddish proverbThe heart is something of a prophet.

—  Yiddish proverb

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Movie Quotes

The Wizard of Oz (1939)A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.

—  from the film The Wizard of Oz (1939)

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