Each has his own happiness in his hands, as the artist handles the rude clay he seeks to reshape it into a figure; yet it is the same with this art as with all others: only the capacity for it…

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Art Quotes, Happiness Quotes

Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end...

Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end...

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to...

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to...

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy...

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy...

Wisdom is found only in truth.

Wisdom is found only in truth.

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

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

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...

The persons born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest...

The persons born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest...

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your...

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your...

National literature no longer means very much, the age of world literature is due.

National literature no longer means very much, the age of world literature is due.

Nothing is worth more than this day.

Nothing is worth more than this day.

Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to...

Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to...

To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in...

To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in...

The unnatural, that too is natural.

The unnatural, that too is natural.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from...

Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from...

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.

Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.

Nature alone is illimitably rich, and nature alone forms the great artist.

Nature alone is illimitably rich, and nature alone forms the great artist.