Sublime

There is nothing worth thinking but it has been thought before; we must only try to think it again.

Malheureux ! n'es-tu pas en démence ? ne te trompes-tu pas toi-même ? qu'attends-tu de cette passion frénétique et sans terme ? Je n'adresse plus de vœux qu'à elle seule ; mon imagination ne m'offre plus d'autre forme que la sienne, et de tout ce qui m'environne au monde je n'aperçois plus que ce qui a quelque rapport avec elle. C'est ainsi que je

With those who are really of like disposition with himself a man cannot long be at variance; he will always come to an agreement again. With those who are really of adverse disposition, he may in vain try to preserve harmony; he will always come to a separation again.

The truly wise ask what the thing is in itself and in relation to other things, and do not trouble themselves about the use of it,—in other words, about the way in which it may be applied to the necessities of existence and what is already known.

Ich bin der Geist der stets verneint

The whole art of living consists in giving up existence in order to exist.

The whole moral of Wilhelm Meister is that a man's first and greatest duty, whether to others or to himself, is to see that his business in life is a worthy one and suited to his capacities. If he discovers his vocation and pursues it steadily, he will make his outer life of the greatest use and service to the world, and at the same time produce th