Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “Life is the childhood of our immortality.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “Life is the childhood of our immortality.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Related Quotes “If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality.” -Norman Cousins “I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.” -Sigmund Freud “In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent.” -Socrates “What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “Character develops itself in the stream of life.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe