The child, offered the mother's breast, Will not in the beginning grab it; But soon it clings to it with zest. And thus at wisdom's copious breasts You'll drink each day with greater zest.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates...

Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates...

Live dangerously and you live right.

Live dangerously and you live right.

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

He who moves not forward, goes backward

He who moves not forward, goes backward

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...

Each one sees what he carries in his heart

Each one sees what he carries in his heart

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

Please send me your last pair of shoes, worn out with dancing as you mentioned...

Please send me your last pair of shoes, worn out with dancing as you mentioned...

In nature we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which...

In nature we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which...

Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it...

Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it...

Devote each day to the object then in time and every evening will find something...

Devote each day to the object then in time and every evening will find something...

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

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

Mastery passes often for egotism.

Mastery passes often for egotism.

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.

Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Everything we would ever need to become rich and powerful and sophisticated is within our...

Everything we would ever need to become rich and powerful and sophisticated is within our...

Most people struggle with life balance simply because they haven't paid the price to decide...

Most people struggle with life balance simply because they haven't paid the price to decide...