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6/2/13

Johann Wolfgang VON GOETHE Quotes


"A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart." ~Goethe   

"A person hears only what they understand." ~~Johann Wolgang von Goethe

"A teacher who can arouse a feeling for one single good action, for one single good poem, accomplishes more than he or she who fills our memory with rows on rows of natural objects, classified with name and form." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live." ~Johann Wolgang von Goethe

"Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever." ~Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

"Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image." ~Johann Wolgang von Goethe

"Beware of dissipating your powers; strive constantly to concentrate them." ~Goethe

"By seeking and blundering we learn." ~Johann Wolgang von Goethe

"Character develops itself in the stream of life." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Correction does much, but encouragement does more." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success." ~~Johann Wolgang von Goethe

"Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men." ~Johann Wolgang von Goethe

"Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must." ~~Johann Wolgang von Goethe

"Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Everything is hard before it is easy." ~Johann Wolgang von Goethe

"For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream. " ~Johann Van Gogh

"Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"I am proud of my heart alone, it is the sole source of everything, all our strength, happiness and misery. All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather…" ~Johann Wolgang von Goethe

"If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be." ~~Johann Wolgang von Goethe

"In nature we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which is before it, beside it, under it and over it." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm… in the real world all rests on perseverance." ~Johann Wolgang von Goethe

"Instruction does much, but encouragement everything." ~~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"It is easier to perceive error than find the truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth where few are willing to search for it." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together." ~Johann Wolgang von Goethe

"Knowledge has a beginning but no end " ~Johann Goethe 


"Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes." ~Johann Wolgang von Goethe

"Life is the childhood of our immortality." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Love does not dominate; it cultivates." ~Johann Wolgang von Goethe

"Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen." ~Johann Wolgang von Goethe

"Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Music is liquid architecture; Architecture is frozen music." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“My peace is gone, my heart is heavy."
[Ger., Meine Ruh ist hin, Mein Herz ist schwer.]
~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Nothing is worth more than this day. You cannot relive yesterday. Tomorrow is still beyond your reach." ~Johann Wolgang von Goethe

"On all the peaks lies peace." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words." ~~Johann Wolgang von Goethe

"Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting.” ~Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

"Talents are best nurtured in solitude, but character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world." ~Goethe

"The best slave is the one who thinks he is free." ~Johann von Goethe

"The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"There are two gifts we should give our children; one is roots, and the other is wings." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least." ~Johann Wolfgang Goethe

"Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking." ~~Johann Wolgang von Goethe

"Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what they are capable of being." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.” ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"We can't form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love them as God gives them to us." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe." ~~Johann Wolgang von Goethe

"We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise, we harden." ~Johann Wolgang von Goethe

"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." ~Johann Wolgang von Goethe

BIO

(Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer and statesman. His works include: four novels; epic and lyric poetry; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; and treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour.)

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