Goethe's Poems for the Days to Come
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The moment of wandering passes, and the moment of accomplishment comes.A new work by Kim Jong-won, a humanities mentor to 1.2 million readers.
A selection of 77 poems by Goethe conveys intellectual comfort and deep resonance that transcends literary beauty.
The sentences, woven with a loving gaze and delicate insight, guide you to find the meaning and value of life and live as yourself.
January 24, 2025. Self-Development PD Oh Da-eun
“The moment of wandering passes, and the time comes to achieve.”
With the impatience and anxiety of wanting to live better
To you who are living a difficult life today
Author Kim Jong-won tells us
Goethe's dazzlingly brilliant and touching sentences
A 'humanities mentor' to 1.2 million readers
The life's masterpiece of the 'Goethe Thinker', explored for 16 years
Author Kim Jong-won, who has written over 100 books over the past 20 years and has been greatly loved by 1.2 million readers, has loved and respected the great German author Goethe since his youth and is a humanities expert who has grown by reading Goethe's books hundreds and thousands of times for a whopping 16 years.
"Goethe's Poems for the Days to Come" is a book that is like a song of encouragement and touching advice from Goethe to those who live today, struggling with impatience and anxiety, wanting to "live better."
The author, like separating jade from the vast corpus of Goethe's poetry, selects, weaves, and adds sentences with a tender gaze and delicate insight, capturing moments of empathy and resonance more brilliant than any consolation, across the pages.
With 77 carefully selected poems by Goethe on the themes of attitude, relationships, intelligence, elegance, and reflection, along with Kim Jong-won's writing that resonates more deeply the more you ponder it, and the emotional illustrations that leave a lasting impression, as you calmly turn the pages, you will find yourself filled with hope that will help you shake off the difficult moments you have been struggling with.
This book gives me the courage and wisdom to move forward again when I was at a standstill.
With the impatience and anxiety of wanting to live better
To you who are living a difficult life today
Author Kim Jong-won tells us
Goethe's dazzlingly brilliant and touching sentences
A 'humanities mentor' to 1.2 million readers
The life's masterpiece of the 'Goethe Thinker', explored for 16 years
Author Kim Jong-won, who has written over 100 books over the past 20 years and has been greatly loved by 1.2 million readers, has loved and respected the great German author Goethe since his youth and is a humanities expert who has grown by reading Goethe's books hundreds and thousands of times for a whopping 16 years.
"Goethe's Poems for the Days to Come" is a book that is like a song of encouragement and touching advice from Goethe to those who live today, struggling with impatience and anxiety, wanting to "live better."
The author, like separating jade from the vast corpus of Goethe's poetry, selects, weaves, and adds sentences with a tender gaze and delicate insight, capturing moments of empathy and resonance more brilliant than any consolation, across the pages.
With 77 carefully selected poems by Goethe on the themes of attitude, relationships, intelligence, elegance, and reflection, along with Kim Jong-won's writing that resonates more deeply the more you ponder it, and the emotional illustrations that leave a lasting impression, as you calmly turn the pages, you will find yourself filled with hope that will help you shake off the difficult moments you have been struggling with.
This book gives me the courage and wisdom to move forward again when I was at a standstill.
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[Prologue] The wisest life is one that lives in harmony with one's own existence.
[Chapter 1] Attitude: Every time I face hardship, I realize what kind of person I am.
- A life of slow, but constant growth
- Repetition is the power of inner growth
- The best person is the one who improves himself.
- Don't try too hard to do well.
- Cheap time and expensive happiness
- A harmless feeling that even I, who am not doing well, am okay enough
- Why the simplest life is the strongest
- In any situation, if it gets serious, I'm the only one who will suffer.
- Finding other people's strengths and sharing them with kind words
- If you want to make a living doing what you love
- People who maintain the most calm and do things quietly
- You cannot drive with the brakes on.
- My greatest possibility is that I am alive.
- Two unchanging answers in life
- I will write all of myself and leave
[Chapter 2] How to Calmly Navigate Rude and Cold Times
- Why the most fleeting things are the most beautiful
- Conversation is like being immersed in a movie that person is showing you.
- Erase all noises that drain your energy
- It's not that I misunderstood you, it's that I wanted to misunderstand you.
- The better things go, the narrower your relationships become.
- Don't waste your emotions on someone who doesn't care about you.
- Let the indiscriminate criticism just flow away.
- The smartest way to easily defeat a troublemaker
- When other people's expectations become a burden, just let them be disappointed and move on.
- A relationship that is built by losing yourself is meaningless.
- The level of a wise person who can make good use of any situation
- How to open people's hearts and raise the temperature of relationships
- Why kind words are a person's intelligence
- 'I don't understand' means 'I will understand soon'
- There is no one in the world with a particularly good personality.
- The light of life shines brightest when we become supporting actors for each other.
[Chapter 3] Intelligence Your intelligence means your world.
- If the world doesn't answer your questions
- What a vain statement to say, 'I know all about that.'
- People have amazing potential.
- The most beautiful life, just the name is enough
- Common characteristics of people who grow steadily after 40
- If I just erase 'this word' from my life, my life will change.
- 7 thoughts on creating an elegant inner self
- Why first class tickets feel cheaper to them
- No one knows me better than I do.
- The more important the decision, the less likely you are to ask others for their opinions.
- The law of the mind that makes wishes come true
- When you're in love, you don't know how precious that love is.
Why the expression "unique" makes old age colorless
- Who is the true master of money, the true master of nature?
- Those who ask themselves questions live the most noble lives.
[Chapter 4] Dignity: What sets me apart from the crowd
- Your zodiac sign is waiting for you to get hot
- If you don't want to live ruled by other people's thoughts
- If you let your mind suffer, you will eventually become a loner.
- With respect for all the days I spent
- Open your eyes wide and observe life and death.
- Don't hesitate to do anything that comes from love.
- If I only have one day left
- Humans are beings who expand the past to build a better future.
- Don't waste your life beating yourself up.
- Characteristics of a 'different class of people' who improve their level day by day
- About the things we say so easily
- Being sick now is a sign that a moment of joy is coming soon.
- Remembering the 10x rule will help you stay calm.
- The reason why there are many people who read books, but few who deepen their intellect
- The greatest realization comes from the process of improving myself.
[Chapter 5] Exploring the World with a Thousand Eyes and Hearts
- Love the daily life given to you now.
- The most beautiful sentence in the world
- Life is not a homework assignment to be solved, but a festival to be enjoyed.
- To have insight, don't make mid-judgement.
- Hope is the paradise I have allowed myself.
- Leaving my old self and becoming the master of an unfamiliar place
- For whom and for what are you living?
- Everything feels harder the more you do it.
- It is easy to find injustice, but difficult to find truth.
- Why, no matter who you are, if you keep going, things will eventually work out.
- A grandfather who doesn't exercise at the fitness center
- Regarding the statement, “Are you happy doing what you love?”
- On the harmfulness of the saying, “I know it in my head.”
- Five Wisdoms for Seniors from Goethe
- There is no place more wonderful than the garden of life.
[Chapter 1] Attitude: Every time I face hardship, I realize what kind of person I am.
- A life of slow, but constant growth
- Repetition is the power of inner growth
- The best person is the one who improves himself.
- Don't try too hard to do well.
- Cheap time and expensive happiness
- A harmless feeling that even I, who am not doing well, am okay enough
- Why the simplest life is the strongest
- In any situation, if it gets serious, I'm the only one who will suffer.
- Finding other people's strengths and sharing them with kind words
- If you want to make a living doing what you love
- People who maintain the most calm and do things quietly
- You cannot drive with the brakes on.
- My greatest possibility is that I am alive.
- Two unchanging answers in life
- I will write all of myself and leave
[Chapter 2] How to Calmly Navigate Rude and Cold Times
- Why the most fleeting things are the most beautiful
- Conversation is like being immersed in a movie that person is showing you.
- Erase all noises that drain your energy
- It's not that I misunderstood you, it's that I wanted to misunderstand you.
- The better things go, the narrower your relationships become.
- Don't waste your emotions on someone who doesn't care about you.
- Let the indiscriminate criticism just flow away.
- The smartest way to easily defeat a troublemaker
- When other people's expectations become a burden, just let them be disappointed and move on.
- A relationship that is built by losing yourself is meaningless.
- The level of a wise person who can make good use of any situation
- How to open people's hearts and raise the temperature of relationships
- Why kind words are a person's intelligence
- 'I don't understand' means 'I will understand soon'
- There is no one in the world with a particularly good personality.
- The light of life shines brightest when we become supporting actors for each other.
[Chapter 3] Intelligence Your intelligence means your world.
- If the world doesn't answer your questions
- What a vain statement to say, 'I know all about that.'
- People have amazing potential.
- The most beautiful life, just the name is enough
- Common characteristics of people who grow steadily after 40
- If I just erase 'this word' from my life, my life will change.
- 7 thoughts on creating an elegant inner self
- Why first class tickets feel cheaper to them
- No one knows me better than I do.
- The more important the decision, the less likely you are to ask others for their opinions.
- The law of the mind that makes wishes come true
- When you're in love, you don't know how precious that love is.
Why the expression "unique" makes old age colorless
- Who is the true master of money, the true master of nature?
- Those who ask themselves questions live the most noble lives.
[Chapter 4] Dignity: What sets me apart from the crowd
- Your zodiac sign is waiting for you to get hot
- If you don't want to live ruled by other people's thoughts
- If you let your mind suffer, you will eventually become a loner.
- With respect for all the days I spent
- Open your eyes wide and observe life and death.
- Don't hesitate to do anything that comes from love.
- If I only have one day left
- Humans are beings who expand the past to build a better future.
- Don't waste your life beating yourself up.
- Characteristics of a 'different class of people' who improve their level day by day
- About the things we say so easily
- Being sick now is a sign that a moment of joy is coming soon.
- Remembering the 10x rule will help you stay calm.
- The reason why there are many people who read books, but few who deepen their intellect
- The greatest realization comes from the process of improving myself.
[Chapter 5] Exploring the World with a Thousand Eyes and Hearts
- Love the daily life given to you now.
- The most beautiful sentence in the world
- Life is not a homework assignment to be solved, but a festival to be enjoyed.
- To have insight, don't make mid-judgement.
- Hope is the paradise I have allowed myself.
- Leaving my old self and becoming the master of an unfamiliar place
- For whom and for what are you living?
- Everything feels harder the more you do it.
- It is easy to find injustice, but difficult to find truth.
- Why, no matter who you are, if you keep going, things will eventually work out.
- A grandfather who doesn't exercise at the fitness center
- Regarding the statement, “Are you happy doing what you love?”
- On the harmfulness of the saying, “I know it in my head.”
- Five Wisdoms for Seniors from Goethe
- There is no place more wonderful than the garden of life.
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The best person is the one who helps himself.
A person with character is defined as someone who grows and accomplishes things on their own in any situation, rather than someone who forces and orders others to do things they themselves cannot do.
If you have a great hope or goal, it's beautiful to prove it to yourself.
--- p.21
Goethe advises us:
It's not like you can get good at something just by putting in effort, and even if you happen to be able to do it by chance, the results you achieve by expending yourself are unlikely to have a positive effect on your inner self.
Above all, to do well in any field, you need time spent enjoying yourself, not time spent working hard.
--- p.23
Cynical people get tired quickly.
Besides, people who are full of complaints don't even start.
Those who remain the most calm and silent in any situation do not shout out loud, “Let’s go all the way!”
Instead, I think like this and stay like a river.
“There is something here, so let’s believe in it and do it steadily, little by little, every day.” The desire to see it through to the end will eventually cause us to stop halfway.
Because there is no end to anything.
--- p.47
The scariest thing in the world is jealousy.
It's relatively easy to comfort and embrace the suffering of others, but it's much harder to celebrate the success and growth of someone you know well.
Because of jealousy.
Goethe perfectly expressed the terrible consequences of that very jealousy.
So how should we live? We need to re-evaluate our thinking about human relationships.
Human relationships are usually considered to be something that 'continues to expand'.
But in reality, human relationships are not about expanding, but rather about 'narrowing'.
--- p.80
We cannot know the names of all the winds that pass by.
The same goes for the names of stars that are visible to the eye.
People are like that too.
You can't know everything, and you can't control everything.
No matter how much the world makes noise, if I don't listen, it will disappear on its own.
--- p.92
In the end, the direction is the same.
What I'm saying is that you have to let go of any thoughts of trying to change someone or any compulsion to meet someone's expectations.
If you don't want to feel burdened by other people's expectations, you should just let them all out and allow only the level of expectations that won't feel like a burden.
--- I don't live to meet other people's expectations.
I am simply living to meet the expectations set forth by my life's purpose.
--- p.95
Freedom is not something that someone else gives you, but rather it is a testament to your intelligence that you can give it to yourself.
Only thinking people can travel to unfamiliar places.
Leaving is the privilege of the thinking alone.
A person who stops thinking will eventually stop where he is.
Everyone has their own zodiac sign.
And that constellation is still waiting for you to make a hot move.
Trust in that constellation and take a step forward.
--- p.179
Nothing in this world can be achieved with just words.
You have to start to see results, and only when you see results, whether success or failure, can you know the value of your skills and efforts.
Do whatever you want.
The one who does it is the strongest.
--- p.208
As Goethe emphasized, pain and pleasure come to us in an alternating order: “When the wind of pain passes, the wind of pleasure soon follows; when the wind of pleasure passes, the wind of pain soon follows.”
If you want to live as a serious human being, you must not be sensitive to even the smallest pain.
Being sick is a pleasant sign that a moment of joy is coming soon.
So we should always focus more on ourselves.
Because if you love yourself more than anyone else, moments of joy will soon come.
--- p.214
It is very easy to discover all the injustices that occur in the world.
Anyone can quickly tell what's wrong by simply observing other people's behavior.
It's something that's almost instinctive and anyone can do it if they have eyes.
But discovering the truth is difficult.
Because you can only achieve it if you have the will to find it.
So, in this space where no one else is thinking, you can start thinking first.
A person with character is defined as someone who grows and accomplishes things on their own in any situation, rather than someone who forces and orders others to do things they themselves cannot do.
If you have a great hope or goal, it's beautiful to prove it to yourself.
--- p.21
Goethe advises us:
It's not like you can get good at something just by putting in effort, and even if you happen to be able to do it by chance, the results you achieve by expending yourself are unlikely to have a positive effect on your inner self.
Above all, to do well in any field, you need time spent enjoying yourself, not time spent working hard.
--- p.23
Cynical people get tired quickly.
Besides, people who are full of complaints don't even start.
Those who remain the most calm and silent in any situation do not shout out loud, “Let’s go all the way!”
Instead, I think like this and stay like a river.
“There is something here, so let’s believe in it and do it steadily, little by little, every day.” The desire to see it through to the end will eventually cause us to stop halfway.
Because there is no end to anything.
--- p.47
The scariest thing in the world is jealousy.
It's relatively easy to comfort and embrace the suffering of others, but it's much harder to celebrate the success and growth of someone you know well.
Because of jealousy.
Goethe perfectly expressed the terrible consequences of that very jealousy.
So how should we live? We need to re-evaluate our thinking about human relationships.
Human relationships are usually considered to be something that 'continues to expand'.
But in reality, human relationships are not about expanding, but rather about 'narrowing'.
--- p.80
We cannot know the names of all the winds that pass by.
The same goes for the names of stars that are visible to the eye.
People are like that too.
You can't know everything, and you can't control everything.
No matter how much the world makes noise, if I don't listen, it will disappear on its own.
--- p.92
In the end, the direction is the same.
What I'm saying is that you have to let go of any thoughts of trying to change someone or any compulsion to meet someone's expectations.
If you don't want to feel burdened by other people's expectations, you should just let them all out and allow only the level of expectations that won't feel like a burden.
--- I don't live to meet other people's expectations.
I am simply living to meet the expectations set forth by my life's purpose.
--- p.95
Freedom is not something that someone else gives you, but rather it is a testament to your intelligence that you can give it to yourself.
Only thinking people can travel to unfamiliar places.
Leaving is the privilege of the thinking alone.
A person who stops thinking will eventually stop where he is.
Everyone has their own zodiac sign.
And that constellation is still waiting for you to make a hot move.
Trust in that constellation and take a step forward.
--- p.179
Nothing in this world can be achieved with just words.
You have to start to see results, and only when you see results, whether success or failure, can you know the value of your skills and efforts.
Do whatever you want.
The one who does it is the strongest.
--- p.208
As Goethe emphasized, pain and pleasure come to us in an alternating order: “When the wind of pain passes, the wind of pleasure soon follows; when the wind of pleasure passes, the wind of pain soon follows.”
If you want to live as a serious human being, you must not be sensitive to even the smallest pain.
Being sick is a pleasant sign that a moment of joy is coming soon.
So we should always focus more on ourselves.
Because if you love yourself more than anyone else, moments of joy will soon come.
--- p.214
It is very easy to discover all the injustices that occur in the world.
Anyone can quickly tell what's wrong by simply observing other people's behavior.
It's something that's almost instinctive and anyone can do it if they have eyes.
But discovering the truth is difficult.
Because you can only achieve it if you have the will to find it.
So, in this space where no one else is thinking, you can start thinking first.
--- p.257
Publisher's Review
I hope you live well
If possible, be happy
If you're going to do it, do it nicely
It helps you rediscover the meaning and value of life.
The most calming and intellectual comfort of the 77th chapter
Life is like an unpredictable wave, sometimes crashing down on us, sometimes pushing us helplessly, constantly shaking us and exhausting us.
As time goes by, you start to have anxiety in your heart, asking endless questions like, 'Am I living well?', 'Will tomorrow be better?', 'Can I also achieve success as expected?'
But as the saying goes, you don't fight the waves, you ride them, as the great writer Goethe advises us.
Don't try to endure, don't try to hold on.
That choice makes me, who is already struggling, even more hurt.
The wisest life, they say, is not to endure myself, but to live in harmony with my existence.
Goethe's Poems for the Days to Come is a meaningful journey that accompanies us on the path of how to live in harmony with our own existence.
Author Kim Jong-won confessed that he read Goethe's dazzling sentences hundreds, thousands of times over the past 16 years, savoring their meaning and growing through them every day. Through these words, he gently yet deeply conveys to us comfort and hope 'for the days to come.'
As Goethe emphasized, our lives are beautiful just as they are.
There are two unchanging answers in life.
First, our existence is defined by the thoughts we hold, and second, our daily lives are the greatest asset we possess.
So, wherever you are and whatever you are doing now, you can all think that you are doing well.
The very act of thinking about life is the clearest evidence that you are living as a daily thinker.
Don't take it too seriously.
You are good enough.
It's okay, it's really all okay.
_ In the text
Life is not a homework assignment to be solved.
It's a festival you should enjoy
The more you chew on it, the deeper the comfort and resonance it brings.
Furthermore, it is an emotional essay that conveys courage and wisdom.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a giant of German literature and a poet of timeless insight.
His poetry is not simply a collection of words; it contains deep messages and warm comfort that penetrate the essence of life.
Through Goethe's poetry, we can find hope even in despair and learn the power to stay centered even in moments of turmoil.
Rather than simply reading poetry, we explore the messages it holds for our lives today, guiding readers to find meaning and value in their own lives and to maintain courage and direction even in an uncertain world.
We often neglect today because we worry about the distant future.
But Goethe says that living each day to the fullest is the true value of life.
It's okay if it's not perfect.
What's important is that we're moving forward step by step.
You are doing well enough and you can continue to do well.
When life gets tough, don't hesitate to open this book.
Because with the warmth conveyed by Goethe's poetry and the author's sentences, you will be able to rediscover the beauty and possibility of life.
With Goethe's wisdom by your side, I hope your life becomes warmer than today.
The moments you live each day well will accumulate and eventually become your own shining life.
We don't live to see the end.
I live to see myself getting better little by little every day.
The ending is not something I can decide.
Just living well in this moment, that is the greatest happiness.
_ In the text
If possible, be happy
If you're going to do it, do it nicely
It helps you rediscover the meaning and value of life.
The most calming and intellectual comfort of the 77th chapter
Life is like an unpredictable wave, sometimes crashing down on us, sometimes pushing us helplessly, constantly shaking us and exhausting us.
As time goes by, you start to have anxiety in your heart, asking endless questions like, 'Am I living well?', 'Will tomorrow be better?', 'Can I also achieve success as expected?'
But as the saying goes, you don't fight the waves, you ride them, as the great writer Goethe advises us.
Don't try to endure, don't try to hold on.
That choice makes me, who is already struggling, even more hurt.
The wisest life, they say, is not to endure myself, but to live in harmony with my existence.
Goethe's Poems for the Days to Come is a meaningful journey that accompanies us on the path of how to live in harmony with our own existence.
Author Kim Jong-won confessed that he read Goethe's dazzling sentences hundreds, thousands of times over the past 16 years, savoring their meaning and growing through them every day. Through these words, he gently yet deeply conveys to us comfort and hope 'for the days to come.'
As Goethe emphasized, our lives are beautiful just as they are.
There are two unchanging answers in life.
First, our existence is defined by the thoughts we hold, and second, our daily lives are the greatest asset we possess.
So, wherever you are and whatever you are doing now, you can all think that you are doing well.
The very act of thinking about life is the clearest evidence that you are living as a daily thinker.
Don't take it too seriously.
You are good enough.
It's okay, it's really all okay.
_ In the text
Life is not a homework assignment to be solved.
It's a festival you should enjoy
The more you chew on it, the deeper the comfort and resonance it brings.
Furthermore, it is an emotional essay that conveys courage and wisdom.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a giant of German literature and a poet of timeless insight.
His poetry is not simply a collection of words; it contains deep messages and warm comfort that penetrate the essence of life.
Through Goethe's poetry, we can find hope even in despair and learn the power to stay centered even in moments of turmoil.
Rather than simply reading poetry, we explore the messages it holds for our lives today, guiding readers to find meaning and value in their own lives and to maintain courage and direction even in an uncertain world.
We often neglect today because we worry about the distant future.
But Goethe says that living each day to the fullest is the true value of life.
It's okay if it's not perfect.
What's important is that we're moving forward step by step.
You are doing well enough and you can continue to do well.
When life gets tough, don't hesitate to open this book.
Because with the warmth conveyed by Goethe's poetry and the author's sentences, you will be able to rediscover the beauty and possibility of life.
With Goethe's wisdom by your side, I hope your life becomes warmer than today.
The moments you live each day well will accumulate and eventually become your own shining life.
We don't live to see the end.
I live to see myself getting better little by little every day.
The ending is not something I can decide.
Just living well in this moment, that is the greatest happiness.
_ In the text
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: January 17, 2025
- Page count, weight, size: 288 pages | 125*188*20mm
- ISBN13: 9791199040311
- ISBN10: 1199040312
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