Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Stupidity is without anxiety.

Stupidity is without anxiety.

Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.

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...

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....

We can't form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love...

We can't form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love...

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be...

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be...

Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.

Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.

To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.

To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.

Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.

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 can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better than...

I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better than...

The highest problem of every art is, by means of appearances, to produce the illusion...

The highest problem of every art is, by means of appearances, to produce the illusion...

On all the peaks lies peace.

On all the peaks lies peace.

An unused life is an early death.

An unused life is an early death.

If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.

If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.

Since Time is not a person we can overtake when he is gone, let us...

Since Time is not a person we can overtake when he is gone, let us...

Sometimes I would almost rather have people take away years of my life than take...

Sometimes I would almost rather have people take away years of my life than take...

Time, which changes people, does not alter the image we have retained of them

Time, which changes people, does not alter the image we have retained of them