James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899. Fichte
All death in nature is birth. 1 Every joy that comes to us is only to strengthen us for some greater labour that is to succeed. 2 Genius is nothing more than the effort of the idea to assume a definite form. 3 If we cannot live so as to be happy, let us at least live so as to deserve happiness. 4 My mind can take no hold on the present world, nor rest in it a moment, but my whole nature rushes onward with irresistible force towards a future and better state of being. 5 Not alone to know, but to act according to thy knowledge, is thy destination. 6 Thy actions, and thy actions alone, determine thy worth. 7 To be happy is not the purpose of our being, but to deserve happiness. 8
