We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them out of discretion, and so disappears the most beautiful, the most immediate breath of life, irrecoverable for ourselves and for others.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Letters Quotes, Life Quotes

Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own...

Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own...

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

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

Without haste, but without rest.

Without haste, but without rest.

If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect...

If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect...

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous...

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous...

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...

A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.

A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.

Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.

Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

Treat a man as if he were what he ought to be and you help...

Treat a man as if he were what he ought to be and you help...

Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down

Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself...

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself...

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,...

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.

No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.

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

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

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...

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

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