"He is the happiest man who can..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“The human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in order to live, and what little freedom remains so fills them with fear that they seek out any and every means to be rid of it.”

“Every individual who is not creative has a negative, narrow, exclusive taste and succeeds in depriving creative being of its energy and life.”

“Nothing is more consonant with Nature than that she puts into operation in the smallest detail that which she intends as a whole.”

“It is worthwhile for one to make an effort to achieve happiness. Just as the purpose of a plant is to grow, so it is that the main purpose of every human being is to survive and to grow until death.”

“I had a very pleasant evening, however, though you will probably find out that there was no particular reason for it; but I do not think it worthwhile to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.”

“Who pleasure gives, Shall joy receive”

“Life is brief, even at its longest. Whatever you are going to do with your life, get at it. All good will be attacked. All values must be defended. In all areas of the human existence, what we put into this world, we get back from it.”

“Planting is one of my great amusements, and even of those things which can only be for posterity, for a Septuagenary has no right to count on any thing but annuals.”

“I keep on dying, Because I love to live”