In a Nutshell

. . . Penetrating . . .

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I think too much and act to little...

Once one knows what really matters, one ceases to be voluble. And what does really matter? That is easy: thinking and doing, doing and thinking—and these are the sum of all wisdom…Both must move ever onward in life, to and fro, like breathing in and breathing out. Whoever makes it a rule to test action by thought, thought by action, cannot falter, and if he does, will soon find his way back to the right road.

born Aug. 28, 1749, Frankfurt, Germany
died March 22, 1832, Weimar, Saxe-Weimar