Quotes from Immanuel Hermann Fichte

To be happy is not the purpose of our being, but to deserve happiness.

If we cannot live so as to be happy, let us at least live so as to deserve it.

Life was not given for indolent contemplation and study of self, nor for brooding over emotions of piety: Actions and actions only determine the worth.

Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul!