Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quote

Man is not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out what he has to do; and to restrain himself within the limits of his comprehension.


Conversations with Goethe in the Last Years of His Life (ed. 1839)


Man is not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out what he has to do; and to restrain himself within the limits of his...

Man is not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out what he has to do; and to restrain himself within the limits of his...

Man is not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out what he has to do; and to restrain himself within the limits of his...

Man is not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out what he has to do; and to restrain himself within the limits of his...