Everyone believes in his youth that the world really began with him, and that all merely exists for his sake

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Youth Quotes

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself...

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself...

I do not know myself and God forbid that I should

I do not know myself and God forbid that I should

In all things it is better to hope than to despair

In all things it is better to hope than to despair

The world remains ever the same.

The world remains ever the same.

Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.

Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.

Mastery passes often for egotism.

Mastery passes often for egotism.

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

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

Doubt can only be removed by action.

Doubt can only be removed by action.

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

Experience is only half of experience

Experience is only half of experience

Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.

Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.

Whoever, in middle age, attempts to realize the wishes and hopes of his early youth,...

Whoever, in middle age, attempts to realize the wishes and hopes of his early youth,...

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect...

If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect...

Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches...

Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches...

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

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.

There is nothing noble in being superior to some other person. The true nobility is...

There is nothing noble in being superior to some other person. The true nobility is...

I worship impersonal Nature, which is neither good or ad, and who knows neither love...

I worship impersonal Nature, which is neither good or ad, and who knows neither love...