"What is important in life is life, and not the result of life." ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Topic(s): Life More From Johann Wolfgang von Goethe "Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this." "Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid." "An unused life is an early death." More In Life "I’m back to doing everything I used to, loving life as ever."― Donna Mills "Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots."― Victor Hugo "Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper’s bell of an approaching looter."― Ayn Rand