Man's highest merit always is, as much as possible, to rule external circumstances and as little as possible to let himself be ruled by them.


Goethe's Wilhelm Meister's apprenticeship, books 1-6 (ed. 1893)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

Man's highest merit always is, as much as possible, to rule external circumstances and as little as possible to let himself be ruled by them.

Man's highest merit always is, as much as possible, to rule external circumstances and as little as possible to let himself be ruled by them.

Man's highest merit always is, as much as possible, to rule external circumstances and as little as possible to let himself be ruled by them.

Man's highest merit always is, as much as possible, to rule external circumstances and as little as possible to let himself be ruled by them.