Man is not born to solve the problems of the universe, but to find out what he has to do... within the limits of his comprehension.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Destiny Quotes

He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he...

He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he...

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.

We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.

The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.

The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.

Few people have the imagination for reality.

Few people have the imagination for reality.

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that...

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that...

All things are only transitory.

All things are only transitory.

The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.

The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.

My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.

My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.

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

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

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of...

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of...

Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end...

Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end...

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

The world remains ever the same.

The world remains ever the same.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

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

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

Superstition is poetry of life, so that it does not injure the poet to be...

Superstition is poetry of life, so that it does not injure the poet to be...

Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go...

Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go...

Such is the way of all superstition, whether in astrology, dreams, omens, divine judgments, or...

Such is the way of all superstition, whether in astrology, dreams, omens, divine judgments, or...