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

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...

Since I have heard often enough that everyone in the end has his own religion,...

Since I have heard often enough that everyone in the end has his own religion,...

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

Nothing is more revolting than the majority; for it consists of few vigorous predecessors, of...

Nothing is more revolting than the majority; for it consists of few vigorous predecessors, of...

He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.

He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.

The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the...

The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the...

The destiny of any nation at any given time depends on the opinions of its...

The destiny of any nation at any given time depends on the opinions of its...

Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.

Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.

When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when...

When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when...

In all things it is better to hope than to despair

In all things it is better to hope than to despair

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...

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

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

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

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

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests...

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests...

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.