Quote#Happiness
It is not joy nor repose which is the aim of life. It is work, or…
Quote byBerthold Auerbach · 1812–1882
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose (1889), On the Heights (Bunnett, trans.).
English (original)
It is not joy nor repose which is the aim of life. It is work, or there is no aim at all.
— Berthold Auerbach
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Only what thou art in thyself determines thy value, not what thou hast.
Books make men alone for themselves.
Perfect solitude is when, for a whole day, no human eye has beheld your face.
Being alone when one’s belief is firm, is not to be alone.
He who possesses a firm faith, although in solitude, is not alone.
It lies in our own power to attune the mind to cheerfulness.