Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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What is part of you, you cannot get rid of, even if you were to throw it away.
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Manners form the great charm of women.
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He who possesses science and art, Possesses religion as well; He who possesses neither of these, Had better have religion.
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If ever the Divine appeared on earth, it was in the person of Christ.
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I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wants.
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Just trust yourself and you'll learn the art of living.
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One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.
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The solution of every problem is another problem.
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Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
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Humor is one of the elements of genius--admirable as an adjunct; but as soon as it becomes dominant, only a surrogate for genius.
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Every second is of infinite value.
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Without my attempts in natural science, I should never have learned to know mankind such as it is. In nothing else can we so closely approach pure contemplation and thought, so closely observe the errors of the senses and of the understanding, the weak and strong points of character.
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Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.
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He who is firm in will molds the world to himself. [Ger., Aber wer fest auf dem Sinne beharrt, der bildet die Welt sich.]
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The dignity of art probably appears most eminently with music since it does not have any material that needs to be discounted. Music is all form and content and elevates and ennobles everything that it expresses.
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No two people see the world exactly alike, and different temperaments will often apply the same principle, recognized by both, differently. Even one and the same person won't always maintain the same views and judgments: earlier convictions must give way to later ones.
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Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.
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Personality is everything in art and poetry.
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To be sure, we have inherited abilities, but our development we owe to thousands of influences coming from the world around us from which we appropriate what we can and what is suitable to us.
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The fine emotions whence our lives we mold Lie in the earthly tumult dumb and cold.
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One does not get to know that one exists until one rediscovers oneself in others.
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Know'st thou yesterday, its aim and reason? Work'st thou will today for worthier things? Then calmly wait the morrow's hidden season, And fear thou not, what hap soe'er it brings.
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No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.
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If we examine every stage of our lives, we find that from our first breath to our last we are under the constraint of circumstances. And yet we still possess the greatest of all freedoms, the power of developing our innermost selves in harmony with the moral order of the universe, and so winning peace of heart whatever obstacles we meet.