Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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By seeking and blundering we learn.
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The older we grow, the greater become the ordeals.
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Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.
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How can we know ourselves? Never by reflection, but only through action. Begin at once to do your duty and immediately you will know what is inside you.
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If one mistreats citizens of foreign countries, one infringes upon one's duty toward one's own subjects; for thus one exposes themto the law of retribution.
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No sacred fane requires us to submit to insult.
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When an idea is wanting, a word can always be found to take its place.
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There is not a single outward mark of courtesy that does not have a deep moral basis.
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One does not get to know that one exists until one rediscovers oneself in others.
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He who is plenteously provided for from within needs but little from without.
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A stated truth loses its grace, but a repeated error appears insipid and ridiculous.
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In politics people throw themselves, as on a sickbed, from one side to the other in the belief they will lie more comfortably.
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The present moment is a powerful goddess.
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As in Rome there is, apart from the Romans, a population of statues, so apart from this real world there is a world of illusion, almost more potent, in which most men live.
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Unrest and uncertainty are our lot.
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Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.
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Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality.
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It is sometimes essential for a husband and a wife to quarrel - they get to know each other better.
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The one who acts is always without conscience; nobody has a conscience but the contemplative person.
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The soul of the Christian religion is reverence.