“Tranquility of the soul is wonderful, as is joyful peace of mind. If only, dear friend, these precious treasures, beautiful and priceless as they are, were not so fragile too.”
More from Johann Wolfgang Goethe
“No one knows the extent of his own powers til he has tested them.”
“All our learned teachers and educators agree that children do not know why they want what…”
“General notions and great conceit are always potetial creators of shock misfortune.”
“Some people keep knocking at the wall with a hammer and imagine they are hitting the nail…”