Whoever, in middle age, attempts to realize the wishes and hopes of his early youth, invariably deceives himself. Each ten years of a man's life has its own fortunes, its own hopes, its own desires.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Age Quotes

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

Each one sees what he carries in his heart

Each one sees what he carries in his heart

That is the true season of love; when we believe that we alone can love,...

That is the true season of love; when we believe that we alone can love,...

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.

The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation.

For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation.

Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are...

Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are...

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but...

The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but...

I will listen to anyone's convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself.

I will listen to anyone's convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself.

Doubt grows with knowledge.

Doubt grows with knowledge.

Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.

Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.

Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us...

Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us...

Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it...

Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it...

One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very...

One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very...

He who moves not forward, goes backward

He who moves not forward, goes backward

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone.

If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone.

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle....

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle....

All progress means war with society.

All progress means war with society.