Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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The new vulcanism is really a daring attempt to connect the present, incomprehensible world to a past, unknown one.
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All perishable is but an allegory.
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Association with women is the basis of good manners.
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Doubt can only be removed by action.
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'No matter how far our spiritual culture may continue to progress, no matter how much the natural sciences may grow, becoming ever more profound and more inclusive, no matter how much the human spirit may will to expand, that human spirit will never escape from the majesty and ethical sublimity of Christianity, as it shimmers and shines in the Gospels.'
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A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.
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English plays, Atrocious in content, Absurd in form, Objectionable in action, Execrable English Theatre.
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The shudder of awe is humanity's highest faculty, Even though this world is forever altering its values.
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When you see some evil you proceed to immediate action, you make an immediate attack to cure the symptom.
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Who strives always to the utmost, him can we save.
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Superstition belongs to the essence of mankind and takes refuge, when one thinks one has suppressed it completely, in the strangest nooks and crannies; once it is safely ensconced there, it suddenly reappears.
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Our passions are the true phoenixes; when the old one is burnt out, a new one rises from its ashes.
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Die Kunst an und für sich selbst ist edel; deßhalb fürchtet sich der Künstler nicht vor dem Gemeinen. Ja indem er es aufnimmt, ist es schon geadelt, und so sehen wir die größten Künstler mit Kühnheit ihr Majestätsrecht ausüben.
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As beauteous is the world, and many a joy Floats through its wide dominion. But, alas, When we would seize the winged good, it flies.
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Generally speaking, an author's style is a faithful copy of his mind. If you would write a lucid style, let there first be light in your own mind; and if you would write a grand style, you ought to have a grand character.
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Whatever necessity lays upon thee, endure; whatever she commands, do.
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He who moves not forward, goes backward.
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Beauty is a primeval phenomenon, which itself never makes its appearance, but the reflection of which is visible in a thousand different utterances of the creative mind, and is as various as nature herself.
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Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.
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A noble man is led by woman's gentle words.
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A king there was once reigning, Who had a goodly flea, Him loved he without feigning, As his own son were he!
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My son, whoever wishes to keep a secret, must hide from us that he possesses one. Self complaisance over the concealed destroys its concealment.
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I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator.
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To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed That can make life a garden.