Quotes By Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?

Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will.

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.

Love can do much, but duty more.

Mastery passes often for egotism.

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.

Devote each day to the object then in time and every evening will find something done.

Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect and performance shall be different.

Precaution is better than cure.

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again.

Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting.

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

Science arose from poetry... when times change the two can meet again on a higher level as friends.

A person hears only what they understand.

Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity, and here has its greatest effect on life, an effect that remains the same through all ages and epochs. Secular music should be cheerful throughout.

I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.

I love those who yearn for the impossible.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.