A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted...
Man is not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out what he has to do; and to restrain himself within the limits of his comprehension.
Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?
To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods.
It is ever true that he who does nothing for others, does nothing for himself.
Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture.
In nature we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which is before it, beside it, under it and over it.
We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.
Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.
On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
Cease endlessly striving for what you would like to do and learn to love what must be done.
Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.
Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.
Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.
Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.
I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.
Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
Everything is just how I imagined it, yet everything is new
When a human awakens to a great dream and throws the full force of his soul over it, all the universe conspires in your favor.
Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting over lost days. Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute; What you can do, or dream you can do, begin it; Boldness has genius,...