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

Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny....

Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny....

The man who acts never has any conscience; no one has any conscience but the...

The man who acts never has any conscience; no one has any conscience but the...

In all things it is better to hope than to despair

In all things it is better to hope than to despair

The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at...

The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at...

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.

Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down

Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down

Every step of life shows much caution is required.

Every step of life shows much caution is required.

There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.

There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

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.

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...

The persons born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest...

The persons born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest...

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him,...

The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him,...

Mastery passes often for egotism.

Mastery passes often for egotism.

Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists...

Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists...

An empire is an immense egotism.

An empire is an immense egotism.