Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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Our destiny often looks like a fruit-tree in winter. Who would think from its pitiable aspect that those rigid boughs, those rough twigs could next spring again be green, bloom, and even bear fruit? Yet we hope it, we know it.
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It is ever true that he who does nothing for others, does nothing for himself.
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Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.
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Don't feel guilty if you don't immediately love your stepchildren as you do your own, or as much as you think you should. Everyoneneeds time to adjust to the new family, adults included. There is no such thing as an "instant parent." Actually, no concrete object lies outside of the poetic sphere as long as the poet knows how to use the object properly.
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As long as you are not aware of the continual law of Die and Be Again, you are merely a vague guest on a dark Earth.
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When ideas fail, words come in very handy.
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True works of art are a manifestation of the higher laws of nature.
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The senses do not deceive us, but the judgment does.
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God could cause us considerable embarrassment by revealing all the secrets of nature to us: we should not know what to do for sheer apathy and boredom.
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If I say to the moment: 'Stay now! You are so beautiful'!
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From desire I plunge to its fulfilment, where I long once more for desire.
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Enthusiasm is of the greatest value, so long as we are not carried away by it.
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In art it's not the thinking that does the job, but making.
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Daily life is more instructive than the most effective book.
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When an idea is wanting, a word can always be found to take its place.
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Humans fear reason, but they ought to fear stupidity- for reason can be hard, but stupidity can be fatal.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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Solitude is fine when you are at peace with yourself and have something definite to do.
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Nothing is more consonant with Nature than that she puts into operation in the smallest detail that which she intends as a whole.
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Your messages I hear, but faith has not been given; The dearest child of Faith is Miracle.
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Energy is the basis of everything. Every Jew, no matter how insignificant, is engaged in some decisive and immediate pursuit of a goal... It is the most perpetual people of the earth.
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Every offense is avenged on earth.
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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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What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.