Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ( 10 of 179 )
Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.
Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.
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.
A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want in the moment
The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want in the moment
Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts read more
To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed that can make life a garden.
A fiery chariot, borne on buoyant pinions,
Sweeps near me now! I soon shall ready be
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A fiery chariot, borne on buoyant pinions,
Sweeps near me now! I soon shall ready be
To pierce the ther's high, unknown dominions,
To reach new spheres of pure activity!
A wounded heart can with difficulty be cured.
[Ger., Doch ein gekranktes Herz erholt sich schwer.]
A wounded heart can with difficulty be cured.
[Ger., Doch ein gekranktes Herz erholt sich schwer.]
Only the heart without a stain knows perfect ease.
[Ger., Ganz unbefleckt geniesst sich nur das Herz.]
Only the heart without a stain knows perfect ease.
[Ger., Ganz unbefleckt geniesst sich nur das Herz.]
In all things it is better to hope than to despair
In all things it is better to hope than to despair
