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

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.

Man is not born to solve the problems of the universe, but to find out...

Man is not born to solve the problems of the universe, but to find out...

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of...

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of...

One is led astray alike by sympathy and coldness, by praise and by blame

One is led astray alike by sympathy and coldness, by praise and by blame

Nothing is worth more than this day.

Nothing is worth more than this day.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

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...

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

When two people are really happy about one another, one can generally assume that they...

When two people are really happy about one another, one can generally assume that they...

Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.

Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.

Nature alone is illimitably rich, and nature alone forms the great artist.

Nature alone is illimitably rich, and nature alone forms the great artist.

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...

The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.

The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.

We can really respect a man only if he doesn't always look out for himself

We can really respect a man only if he doesn't always look out for himself

He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs...

He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs...

People may live as much retired from the world as they like, but sooner or...

People may live as much retired from the world as they like, but sooner or...

Never retire. Michelangelo was carving the Rondanini just before he died at eighty-nine. Verdi finished...

Never retire. Michelangelo was carving the Rondanini just before he died at eighty-nine. Verdi finished...

Preparation for old age should begin not later than one's teens. A life which is...

Preparation for old age should begin not later than one's teens. A life which is...