Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.

If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.

Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once

Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once

Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and...

Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and...

Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates...

Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates...

Few people have the imagination for reality.

Few people have the imagination for reality.

Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise....

Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise....

Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man,...

Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man,...

There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science

There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science

The highest problem of every art is, by means of appearances, to produce the illusion...

The highest problem of every art is, by means of appearances, to produce the illusion...

Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

A useless life is an early death.

A useless life is an early death.

Death is Nature's expert advice to get plenty of Life.

Death is Nature's expert advice to get plenty of Life.

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

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.

A collection of anecdotes and maxims is the greatest of treasures for the man of...

A collection of anecdotes and maxims is the greatest of treasures for the man of...

Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has...

Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has...

I call architecture frozen music.

I call architecture frozen music.

Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny....

Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny....

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.