تنمو الموهبة مع الهدوء و السكون ، و تنمو الشخصية بخوض معترك الحياة
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe world only goes forward because of those who oppose it.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWhen I consider the narrow limits within which our active and inquiring faculties are confined; when I see how all our energies are wasted in providing for mere necessities, which again have no further end than to prolong a wretched existence; and then that all our satisfaction concerning certain subjects of investigation ends in nothing better than a passive resignation... when I consider all this... I am silent.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheNo doubt you are right... there would be far less suffering amongst mankind if men... did not employ their imaginations so assiduously in recalling the memory of past sorrow, instead of bearing their present lot with equanimity.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWhen she sees the leaves fall, they raise no other idea in her mind than that winter is approaching.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAnd I like those authors best whose scenes describe my own situation in life-- and the friends who are about me whose stories touch me with interest, from resembling my own homely existence.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWhen any distress or terror surprises us in the midst of our amusements, it naturally makes a deeper impression than at other times, either because the contrast makes us more keenly susceptible, or rather perhaps because our senses are then more open to impressions, and the shock is consequently stronger.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheA dim vastness is spread before our souls; the perceptions of our mind are as obscure as those of our vision... But alas! when we have attained our object, when the distant 'there' becomes the present 'here,' all is changed; we are as poor and circumscribed as ever, and our souls still languish for unattainable happiness.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheTags: happiness satisfaction
Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWhat a torment it is to see so much loveliness passing and repassing before us, and yet not dare to lay hold of it!
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