Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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This is what they all come to who exclusively harp on experience. They do not stop to consider that experience is only one half of experience.
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Rejoice that you have still have a long time to live, before the thought comes to you that there is nothing more in the world to see.
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If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that you are sick.
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Only he who finds empiricism irksome is driven to method.
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Give me those days with heart in riot, The depths of bliss that touched on pain, The force of hate, and love's disquiet- Ah, give me back my youth again!
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Let's plunge ourselves into the roar of time, the whirl of accident; may pain and pleasure, success and failure, shift as they will -- it's only action that can make a man.
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Even dirt glitters when the sun is shining upon it.
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Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are dim, the whole world is clouded.
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There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.
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Everything has been thought of before, but the problem is to think of it again.
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Confronted by outstanding merit, there is no way of saving one's ego except by love.
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Rash, inexperienced youth holds itself a chosen instrument, and allows itself unbounded license.
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Beware of dissipating your powers; strive constantly to concentrate them.
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No one knows what he is doing so long as he is acting rightly; but of what is wrong one is always conscious.
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Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.
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Without haste! without rest! Bind the motto to thy breast! Bear it with thee as a spell; Storm or sunshine, guard it well.
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We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like.
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Poor fool! in whose petty estimation all things are little.
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No wise combatant underestimates their antagonist.
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Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.
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The master proves himselin recognizing his limitations.
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The one who acts is always without conscience; nobody has a conscience but the contemplative person.
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Do you want to live happily? Travel with two bags, one for giving, the other for receiving.