Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is...

Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is...

Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.

Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.

Nothing is to be rated higher than the value of the day.

Nothing is to be rated higher than the value of the day.

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

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

There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art and no...

There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art and no...

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...

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

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....

He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.

He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.

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...

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is...

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is...

The phrases men are accustomed to repeat incessantly, end by becoming convictions and ossify the...

The phrases men are accustomed to repeat incessantly, end by becoming convictions and ossify the...

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

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

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your...

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your...

I do not know myself and God forbid that I should

I do not know myself and God forbid that I should

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

How can one not be fond of something that the Daily Mail despises?

How can one not be fond of something that the Daily Mail despises?

I am just mystified by these people telling me I would think Obama was doing...

I am just mystified by these people telling me I would think Obama was doing...

What a sad era when it is easier to smash an atom than a prejudice.

What a sad era when it is easier to smash an atom than a prejudice.

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.