Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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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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Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.
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Alles Gescheite ist schon gedacht worden. Man muss nur versuchen, es noch einmal zu denken.
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Beware of wishing for anything in youth, because you will get it in middle age.
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One is never deceived; one deceives oneself.
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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 appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.
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Unter allen Völkerschaften haben die Griechen den Traum des Lebens am schönsten geträumt.
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Da stehe ich nun, ich armer Thor!Und bin so klug als wie zuvor.
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In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.
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For a strolling damsel a doubtful reputation bears.
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The artist may be well advised to keep his work to himself till it is completed, because no one can readily help him or advise him with it...but the scientist is wiser not to withhold a single finding or a single conjecture from publicity.
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For a brave man deserves a well-endowed girl.
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Of all peoples, the Greeks have dreamt the dream of life best.
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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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Much there is I can stand. Most things not easy to sufferI bear with quiet resolve, just as a God commands it.Only a few things I find as repugnant as snakes and poison.These four: tobacco smoke, bedbugs and garlic and Christ.
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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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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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Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
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Wer Wissenschaft und Kunst besitzt, / Hat auch Religion / Wer jene beiden nicht besitzt / Der habe Religion
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A world without love would be no world.
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Die Liebe herrscht nicht, aber sie bildet; und das ist mehr!
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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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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.