If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we...

It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we...

A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.

A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in...

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in...

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

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

Science arose from poetry... when times change the two can meet again on a higher...

Science arose from poetry... when times change the two can meet again on a higher...

Retirement: When you quit working just before your heart does

Retirement: When you quit working just before your heart does

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.

The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but...

The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but...

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

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.

I'll take a breath, take you by my side Under the sunlight, Welcome to this...

I'll take a breath, take you by my side Under the sunlight, Welcome to this...

Each one sees what he carries in his heart

Each one sees what he carries in his heart

Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error

Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error

To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability

To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability

There would be far less suffering in the world if human beings-God knows why they...

There would be far less suffering in the world if human beings-God knows why they...

Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when...

Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when...

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature...

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature...

Happiness is part of who we are. Joy is the feeling.

Happiness is part of who we are. Joy is the feeling.

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.