Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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The deepest, the only theme of human history, compared to which all others are of subordinate importance, is the conflict of skepticism with faith.
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Habit is the most imperious of all masters.
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No one feels himself easy in a garden which does not look like the open country.
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There is no trifling with nature; it is always true, grave, and severe; it is always in the light, and the faults and errors fall to our share. It defies incompetency, but reveals its secrets to the competent, the truthful, and the pure.
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The mark of highest originality lies in the ability to develop a familiar idea so fruitfully that it would seem no one else would ever have discovered so much to be hidden in it.
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Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
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If you want to make life easy, make it hard.
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A person is never happy till their vague strivings has itself marked out its proper limitations.
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Marriage is the beginning and pinnacle of civilization.
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Wanted: A dog that neither barks nor bites, eats broken glass and shits diamonds.
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Everything which is properly business we must keep carefully separate from life. Business requires earnestness and method; life must have a freed handling.
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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.
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We are our own devils; we drive ourselves out of our Edens.
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It seems to me that every phenomenon, every fact, itself is the really interesting object. Whoever explains it, or connects it with other events, usually only amuses himself or makes sport of us, as, for instance, the naturalist or historian. But a single action or event is interesting, not because it is explainable, but because it is true.
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All one needs to do is declare oneself free and one will immediately feel dependent. If you dare to declare yourself dependent, you feel independent.
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Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
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Perseverance is a silent power that grows irresistibly greater with time.
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Nature goes her own way, and all that to us seems an exception is really according to order.
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Beware of dissipating your powers; strive constantly to concentrate them.
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All is born of water; all is sustained by water.
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The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.
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Shakespeare is dangerous to young poets; they cannot but reproduce him, while they fancy that they produce themselves.
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Whoever aspiring, struggles on, for him there is salvation.