"If I say to the moment: 'Stay..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“Unrest and uncertainty are our lot.”

“So then the year is repeating its old story again. We are come once more, thank God! to its most charming chapter. The violets and the Mayflowers are as its inscriptions or vignettes. It always makes a pleasant impression on us, when we open again at these pages of the book of life.”

“There speaks the man of truly noble ways, Who will not listen to the words of praise. In modesty averse, and with deaf ears, He acts as though the others were his peers.”

“Earth laughs in flowers to see her boastful boys Earth-proud, proud of the earth which is not theirs; Who steer the plough, but cannot steer their feet Clear of the grave.”

“Nobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without trouble.”

“Nearly everybody is looking for something brave to do. I don't know why people shouldn't write poetry. That's brave.”

“Everything is as it is at any moment. There's no way of arguing, because you are arguing with reality - the isness of this moment. You can argue with it, but that's suffering.”

“The absurd hero's refusal to hope becomes his singular ability to live in the present with passion.”

“Your lifetime in form is to be honored and celebrated. Go beyond your enslavement, and live fully in the now, as this is the only time you have.”