"Is this the destiny of man? Is..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason or after he has lost it?
More by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
“It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it.”
“Oh, happy he who still hopes he can emerge from Error's boundless sea! - Faust.”
“To be pleased with one's limits is a wretched state.”
More on Happiness
“Travelling is good for your health and necessary for your amusement.”
“Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.”
“There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontent. And there is no greater disaster than greed.”
More on Reason
“Retire into thyself. The rational principle which rules has this nature, that it is content with itself when it does what is just, and so secures tranquility.”
“It is absurd to hold that a man ought to be ashamed of being unable to defend himself with his limbs, but not of being unable to defend himself with speech and reason, when the use of rational speech is more distinctive of a human being than the use of his limbs.”
“Some people can be reasoned into sense, and others must be shocked into it.”