Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Correction does much, but encouragement does more.
Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.
The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.
Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.
There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.
The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become.
He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.
Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.
Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.
Few people have the imagination for reality.
The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.
Nothing is worth more than this day.
All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.
Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.
In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests on perseverance.
Wisdom is found only in truth.
If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.
Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.
The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.
Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.
What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.
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.
All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.
A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.
I call architecture frozen music.
The coward only threatens when he is safe.
Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.
What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.
Personality is everything in art and poetry.
Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction.
The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.
A person hears only what they understand.
Life is the childhood of our immortality.
Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.
The deed is everything, the glory is naught.
Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.
Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.
Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting.
We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.
Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.
