To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Fear Quotes, Gratitude Quotes

Mastery passes often for egotism.

Mastery passes often for egotism.

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....

Impartiality is the life of justice, as justice is of all good government.

Impartiality is the life of justice, as justice is of all good government.

There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs...

There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs...

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have...

We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have...

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them,...

A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them,...

Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and...

Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and...

Where there are no women there are no good manners

Where there are no women there are no good manners

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...

If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and...

If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and...

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be...

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be...

Doubt can only be removed by action.

Doubt can only be removed by action.

Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down

Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.

The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.

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...

One never knows what one is going to do. One starts a painting and then...

One never knows what one is going to do. One starts a painting and then...

It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and...

It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and...

True modernism is freedom of mind, not slavery of taste. It is independence of thought...

True modernism is freedom of mind, not slavery of taste. It is independence of thought...