Do not judge your present life by the narrow light of today alone; look back to see how much has already been lost or gained. Ask yourself what you would say to a stranger from a century ago, for only then will you know if your actions hold true weight.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
@goethe · September 25, 2026
“An historic sense means a sense so cultured that, in valuing the deserts and merits of its own time, it takes account also of the past.”