Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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The destiny of any nation at any given time depends on the opinion of its young people, those under twenty-five.
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It is the great triumph of genius to make the common appear novel.
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Power is neither male nor female.
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Wisdom is found only in truth.
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Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.
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To me the external existence of my soul is proved from my idea of activity. If I work incessantly until my death, nature will give me another form of existence when the present can no longer sustain my spirit.
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To create something you must be something.
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What we do not understand we do not possess.
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Since you know me and my destiny only too well, you probably also know what attracts me to all unfortunate people.
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A lot of people do not care about your money until nearly penniless. They also do so with time.
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Character is constructed amidst the tempests of the World.
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All men would be masters of others, and no man is lord of himself.
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We are surrounded by abysses, but the greatest of all depths is in our own heart, and an irresistible leaning leads us there. Draw thyself from thyself!
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Giving is the business of the rich.
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Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.
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All understanding begins in wonder!
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We always hope, and in all things it is better to hope than to despair.
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The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.
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Don't judge anyone harshly until you yourself have been through his experiences.
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Life is the childhood of our immortality.
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What is hardest of all? That which seems most simple: to see with your eyes what is before your eyes.
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Not art and science only, but patience will be required for the work.
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Some people spend the day in complaining of a headache, and the night in drinking the wine that gives it.
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Words express neither objects nor ourselves.