In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests on perseverance.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

Man is not born to solve the problems of the universe, but to find out...

Man is not born to solve the problems of the universe, but to find out...

When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when...

When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when...

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...

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses...

Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses...

On all the peaks lies peace.

On all the peaks lies peace.

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise....

Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise....

The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.

The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden

For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation.

For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation.

Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.

Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh...

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh...

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.

Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have...

We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have...

Man is not born to solve the problems of the universe, but to find out...

Man is not born to solve the problems of the universe, but to find out...

Hanging and wiving goes by destiny

Hanging and wiving goes by destiny

Loneliness is about the scariest thing out there.

Loneliness is about the scariest thing out there.

Deliberately to pursue happinesss is not the surest way of achieving it. Seek it for...

Deliberately to pursue happinesss is not the surest way of achieving it. Seek it for...