Quotes by Lessing, Gotthold

It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesse >>

A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer. >>

Quotations about Effort

I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all whenever he was on >>

The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory. >>

The human condition is such that pain and effort are not just symptoms >>

It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man. For it is not by the possession, but the search after truth that he enlarges his power, wherein alone consists his ever-increasing perfection.

Lessing, Gotthold