Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

To be pleased with one's limits is a wretched state.

To be pleased with one's limits is a wretched state.

Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.

Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.

Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise. She is cunning, but for read more

Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise. She is cunning, but for good ends. She has brought me here and will also lead me away. She may scold me, but she will not hate her work. I trust her.

But what is your duty? What the day demands.
[Ger., Was aber ist deine Pflicht? Die Forderung des Tages.]

But what is your duty? What the day demands.
[Ger., Was aber ist deine Pflicht? Die Forderung des Tages.]

Without haste, but without rest.

Without haste, but without rest.