trusting, believing, knowing, doing (28 August 2016)

angels, Damiel (Bruno Ganz) and Cassiel (Otto Sander) hanging out in the library in Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire, 1987


Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Bruno Ganz getting some life lessons from ex-angel, Peter Falk in Wings of Desire, 1987

What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Solveig Dommartin as Marion in Wings of Desire, 1987


Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Bruno Ganz in Wings of Desire, 1987

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Damiel becomes an ex-angel and follows his heart, Marion