"I know that human beings were not created equal and cannot be, but I am of the opinion that he who keeps aloof from the so-called rabble in order to preserve the respect he feels is his due is just as reprehensible as the coward who hides from his enemies because he fears to be defeated by them."
"I experienced the warmth of a heart and the nobility of a soul in whose presence I seemed to be more than I was because I was everything I possibly could be"
"The illusion that life is but a dream has occurred to quite a few people, and I feel the same way about it. When I see the limitations imposed on man's powers of action and inquiry and observe how all his efficiency is aimed at nothing but the satisfaction of his needs, which in turn has but one pur"
"I said something, a casual compliment, but all the while my whole being was absorbed with the sight of her, the sound of her voice, her behavior."
这本书不仅是写给所有经历过情感痛楚的年轻人,其中也穿插着歌德对人性的剖析和感悟。果然伟大的作家都是知人之深,直指人的灵魂深处。(引用前言里的话:"its profound understanding of the place of man in his natural environment") 果然这本书还是适合年纪大一些再读~ 语言也非常优美啊~
since that time, sun, moon, and stars may pursue their course: I know not whether it is day or night; the whole world is nothing to me.