"One must be something to be able..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
One must be something to be able to do something.
More by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
“Nothing is good for a nation but that which arises from its own core and its own general wants, without apish imitation of another.”
“It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.”
“The Primal Plant is going be the strangest creature in the world, which Nature herself must envy me. With this model and the key to it, it will be possible to go on for ever inventing plants and know that their existence is logical; that is to say, if they do not actually exist, they could, for they are not the shadowy phantoms of a vain imagination, but possess an inner necessity and truth. The same law will be applicable to all other living organisms.”
More on Being
“There is no need to run outside for better seeing... Rather abide at the center of your being; For the more you leave it the less you learn. Search your heart and see... The way to do is to be.”
“I have never been able to renounce the light, the pleasure of being, and the freedom in which I grew up.”
“Because dogs and cats still live in the original state of connectedness with Being, they can help us regain it. When we do so, however, that original state deepens and turns into awareness.”