Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

And what does really matter? That is easy: thinking and doing, doing and thinking--and these are the sum of all wisdom. . . . Both must move ever onward in life, to and fro, like breathing in and breathing out.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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• Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy. What does social democracy mean? It means a way of life which recognizes liberty, equality and fraternity as the principles of life.

  

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• Energy is necessary for economic growth, for a better quality of life, and for human progress.

  

  Mac Thornberry
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• I love life and nothing intimidates me anymore.

  

  Olivia Newton-John
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• Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.

  

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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• Small change, small wonders - these are the currency of my endurance and ultimately of my life.

  

  Barbara Kingsolver
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• When spirituality is the basis of your life, it gives you the strength, wisdom and courage to surmount the many storms of life that could destroy a weaker person who doesn't have this foundation.

  

  Radhanath Swami
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• I'm not sitting around thinking of ideas for TV shows.

  

  Damon Lindelof
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• But when it really happens I'm very fascinated, I'm waiting for the moment, because the moment where life abandons you and death steps in, that moment must be fantastic, no?

  Nastassja Kinski
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• It's only a matter of time before the English clubs become a lot more competitive in Europe, if not dominant, because our league is, by far, the richest league in the world.

  

  Gary Lineker
  • Time
  • World
  • English

• In life, we all struggle and strive to make progress. When will you know you've reached success? A billion dollars is a good sign, but there's a better one - humility.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • Life
  • Good
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• A composer knows that music is written by human beings for human beings and that music is a continuation of life, not something separated from it.

  

  Hanns Eisler
  • Life
  • Music
  • Human

• Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.

  

  Hal Borland
  • Experience
  • Wisdom
  • Beginning

• What would happen is that people like Geroge and Alyx would grow old and die chasing a dream. Although there were probably worse things to do with one’s life.

  

  Jack McDevitt
  • People
  • Life
  • Dream

• This death’s livery which walled its bearers from ordinary life was sign that they have sold their wills and bodies to the State: and contracted themselves into a service not the less abject for that its beginning was voluntary.

  

  T. E. Lawrence
  • Life
  • Death
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• I think the older you get, the more you know about life, and the more you learn about yourself and you become comfortable in your own skin. So the older I'm getting, the more fun I'm having.

  

  Colbie Caillat
  • Life
  • Fun

• With anything you do in life, there are days where you're worn out and you don't want to do it for a second.

  

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• The main song I listened to with the 'Firebird' books was 'Breath of Life' by Florence + the Machine.

  

  Claudia Gray
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• You can be brilliant in some ways and despicable in others. You can be a clean, upright, moral individual in your private life who never swears, treats women with respect, and speaks highly of duty and honor - and go out every day and dedicate yourself to a cause that makes the world worse.

  

  Alexandra Petri
  • Life
  • World
  • Women

• We think scientific literacy flows out of how many science facts can you recite rather than how was your brain wired for thinking. And it's the brain wiring that I'm more interested in rather than the facts that come out of the curriculum or the lesson plan that's been proposed.

  

  Neil deGrasse Tyson
  • Thinking
  • Science
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• I'd just like to think that there's some kind of underworld where whoever's been lost at sea is there... I dunno, there probably isn't, but I'd like to believe there is.

  

  Ellie Goulding
  • Believe
  • Thinking
  • Lost

• Short term memory is not good.

  

  Jim McMahon
  • Good

• When a child is watching television, he or she is not involved in play, not socializing with other individuals, and most importantly, not receiving feedback as to the actions or consequences of his or her behavior.

  

  David Perlmutter
  • She

• Kids can sniff out when they are being preached to, and they don't like it. So while my books aren't amoral, they are not infused with morals or a message, either, and kids like that.

  

  Jeff Kinney
  • Kids

• And what does really matter? That is easy: thinking and doing, doing and thinking--and these are the sum of all wisdom. . . . Both must move ever onward in life, to and fro, like breathing in and breathing out.

  

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Life
  • Thinking
  • Wisdom