Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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Colour itself is a degree of darkness.
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When one is polite in German, one lies.
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Pleasure and love are the pinions of great deeds.
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Da stehe ich nun, ich armer Thor!Und bin so klug als wie zuvor.
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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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For a brave man deserves a well-endowed girl.
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One is never deceived; one deceives oneself.
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A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.
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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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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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Alles Vergängliche ist nur ein Gleichnis.
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Beware of wishing for anything in youth, because you will get it in middle age.
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All Nine often used to come to me, I mean the Muses:But I ignored them: my girl was in my arms.Now I’ve left my sweetheart: and they’ve left me,And I roll my eyes, seeking a knife or rope.But Heaven is full of gods: You came to aid me:Greetings, Boredom, mother of the Muse.
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Alles Gescheite ist schon gedacht worden. Man muss nur versuchen, es noch einmal zu denken.
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Unter allen Völkerschaften haben die Griechen den Traum des Lebens am schönsten geträumt.
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Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.
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The fate of the architect is the strangest of all. How often he expends his whole soul, his whole heart and passion, to produce buildings into which he himself may never enter.
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To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.
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Die Liebe herrscht nicht, aber sie bildet; und das ist mehr!
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No two men see the world exactly alike, and different temperaments will apply in different ways a principle that they both acknowledge. The same man will, indeed, often see and judge the same things differently on different occasions: early convictions must give way to more mature ones. Nevertheless, may not the opinions that a man holds and expresses withstand all trials, if he only remains true to himself and others?
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For a strolling damsel a doubtful reputation bears.
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Wer Wissenschaft und Kunst besitzt, / Hat auch Religion / Wer jene beiden nicht besitzt / Der habe Religion
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The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at the foot of the cross.
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Of all peoples, the Greeks have dreamt the dream of life best.