Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

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...

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part.

The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part.

It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.

It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

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...

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

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...

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science

There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science

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

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

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

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

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.

There is no better deliverance from the world than through art; and a man can...

There is no better deliverance from the world than through art; and a man can...

I see drawings and pictures in the poorest of huts and the dirtiest of corners.

I see drawings and pictures in the poorest of huts and the dirtiest of corners.

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.