James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.
Fichte
All death in nature is birth.
Every joy that comes to us is only to strengthen us for some greater labour that is to succeed.
Genius is nothing more than the effort of the idea to assume a definite form.
If we cannot live so as to be happy, let us at least live so as to deserve happiness.
My mind can take no hold on the present world, nor rest in it a moment, but my whole nature rushes onward with irresistible force towards a future and better state of being.
Not alone to know, but to act according to thy knowledge, is thy destination.
Thy actions, and thy actions alone, determine thy worth.
To be happy is not the purpose of our being, but to deserve happiness.