http://talkingstory.org/2005/07/gaga-for-goethe/ Starting new conversations in the workplace! Fri, 11 May 2012 01:39:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://talkingstory.org/2005/07/gaga-for-goethe/comment-page-1/#comment-2336 Jason Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:19:37 +0000 http://talkingstory.org/?p=833#comment-2336 I have a book called Goethe's Werkes. I think it's a collection of his poems in original German, printed in 1817. Have any idea what it's worth?? I have a book called Goethe’s Werkes. I think it’s a collection of his poems in original German, printed in 1817. Have any idea what it’s worth??

]]> http://talkingstory.org/2005/07/gaga-for-goethe/comment-page-1/#comment-2335 Stacy Wed, 06 Jul 2005 20:02:31 +0000 http://talkingstory.org/?p=833#comment-2335 Today, mine is: Be glad of life, because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars; to be satisfied with your possessions; to despise nothing in the world except falshehood and meanness, and to fear nothing except cowardice; to be governed by your admirations rather than by your disgusts; to covet nothing that is your neighbor's except his kindness of heart and gentleness of manners; to think seldom of your enemies, often of your friends...and to spend as much time as you can, with body and with spirit. These are little guideposts on the footpath to peace. -- Henry Van Dyke Today, mine is:
Be glad of life, because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars; to be satisfied with your possessions; to despise nothing in the world except falshehood and meanness, and to fear nothing except cowardice; to be governed by your admirations rather than by your disgusts; to covet nothing that is your neighbor’s except his kindness of heart and gentleness of manners; to think seldom of your enemies, often of your friends…and to spend as much time as you can, with body and with spirit. These are little guideposts on the footpath to peace.
– Henry Van Dyke

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