The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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I hate all bungling as I do sin, but particularly bungling in politics, which leads...

I hate all bungling as I do sin, but particularly bungling in politics, which leads...

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

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....

We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.

We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.

Without haste, but without rest.

Without haste, but without rest.

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those...

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those...

One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.

One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.

Doubt can only be removed by action.

Doubt can only be removed by action.

Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to...

Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to...

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

I will listen to anyone's convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself.

I will listen to anyone's convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself.

Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves

Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.

Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.

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.

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

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

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those...

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those...

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

There are no ordinary moments. There is always something going on.

There are no ordinary moments. There is always something going on.

We thought because we had power, we had wisdom

We thought because we had power, we had wisdom