There would be far less suffering in the world if human beings-God knows why they are made like this-did not use their imaginations so busily in recalling the memories of past misfortunes, instead of trying to bear an indifferent present.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Imagination Quotes, Life Quotes, Suffering Quotes

We can't form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love...

We can't form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love...

There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science

There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but...

The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but...

It is a mistake for a taciturn, serious-minded woman to marry a jovial man, but...

It is a mistake for a taciturn, serious-minded woman to marry a jovial man, but...

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to...

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to...

No words are necessary between two loving hearts

No words are necessary between two loving hearts

An unused life is an early death.

An unused life is an early death.

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...

Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.

Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.

The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be...

The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be...

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

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

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...

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...

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.

The society of women is the element of good manners.

The society of women is the element of good manners.

Everyone believes in his youth that the world really began with him, and that all...

Everyone believes in his youth that the world really began with him, and that all...

You can only be young once. But you can always be immature.

You can only be young once. But you can always be immature.

It is youth that has discovered love as a weapon

It is youth that has discovered love as a weapon