Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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Alles ist einfacher, als man denken kann, zugleich verschränkter, als zu begreifen ist.
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Of all peoples, the Greeks have dreamt the dream of life best.
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The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.
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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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The world of empirical morality consists for the most part of nothing but ill will and envy.
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One is never deceived; one deceives oneself.
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When one is polite in German, one lies.
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A joy shared is a joy doubled.
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Mehr Licht!
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Tränenreiche Männer sind gut. Verlasse mich jeder, der trocknen Herzens, trockner Augen ist!
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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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When young, one is confident to be able to build palaces for mankind, but when the time comes one has one's hands full just to be able to remove their trash.
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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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Nothing is so atrocious as fancy without taste.
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Time itself is an element.
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A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world's torrent.
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Pleasure and love are the pinions of great deeds.
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Whoever gives himself up to solitude, Ah! he is soon alone.
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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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Alles Vergängliche ist nur ein Gleichnis.
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The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it.
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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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However often we turn to it the Qur'an at first disgusting us each time afresh, it soon attracts, astounds, and in the end enforces our reverence... Its style, in accordance with its contents and aim is stern, grand, terrible - ever and anon truly sublime - Thus this book will go on exercising through all ages a most potent influence.
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Colour itself is a degree of darkness.