Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Since I have heard often enough that everyone in the end has his own religion,...

Since I have heard often enough that everyone in the end has his own religion,...

What does not kill me makes me stronger.

What does not kill me makes me stronger.

The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the...

The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the...

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.

One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.

Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

Treat a man as if he were what he ought to be and you help...

Treat a man as if he were what he ought to be and you help...

Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their...

Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their...

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

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

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.

We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.

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.

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is...

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is...

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of...

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of...