What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Life Quotes, Perspective Quotes, Priorities Quotes

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

He who moves not forward, goes backward

He who moves not forward, goes backward

I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better than...

I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better than...

Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there...

Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there...

I'm an optimist by nature and a pessimist by experience.

I'm an optimist by nature and a pessimist by experience.

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

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...

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in...

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in...

What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.

No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very...

One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very...

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see...

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see...

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.

Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.

Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.

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.

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...

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

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