Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.
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Should I not be proud, when for twenty years I have had to admit to myself that the great Newton and all the mathematicians and noble calculators along with him were involved in a decisive error with respect to the doctrine of color, and that I among millions was the only one who knew what was right in this great subject of nature?
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A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world's torrent.
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Yes, I have finally arrived to this Capital of the World! I now see all the dreams of my youth coming to life... Only in Rome is it possible to understand Rome.
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One of the most striking signs of the decay of art is the intermixing of different genres.
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This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.
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To the world you might be one person, but to one person, you might be the world. Kindness is the golden chain by which our world is bound together.
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Necessity is cruel, but it is the only test of inward strength. Every fool may live according to his own likings.
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Of all peoples, the Greeks have dreamt the dream of life best.
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Alles ist einfacher, als man denken kann, zugleich verschränkter, als zu begreifen ist.
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One is never deceived; one deceives oneself.
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Alles Vergängliche ist nur ein Gleichnis.
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Nothing is so atrocious as fancy without taste.
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For a brave man deserves a well-endowed girl.
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You really only know when you know little. Doubt grows with knowledge.
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Sound and sufficient reason falls, after all, to the share of but few men, and those few men exert their influence in silence.
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Pleasure and love are the pinions of great deeds.
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Willst du immer weiterschweifen? Sieh, das Gute liegt so nah.Lerne nur das Glück ergreifen,denn das Glück ist immer da.
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Colour itself is a degree of darkness.
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A joy shared is a joy doubled.
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Art is long, life short, judgment difficult, opportunity transient. To act is easy, to think is hard; to act according to our thought is troublesome. Every beginning is cheerful: the threshold is the place of expectation.
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Whoever gives himself up to solitude, Ah! he is soon alone.
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Hypotheses are scaffoldings erected in front of a building and then dismantled when the building is finished. They are indispensable for the workman; but you mustn't mistake the scaffolding for the building.
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Alles Gescheite ist schon gedacht worden. Man muss nur versuchen, es noch einmal zu denken.