Quotes By Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.

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.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them.

Love does not dominate; it cultivates.

The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life.

He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude.

The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.

Live dangerously and you live right.

The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality.

Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that you are sick.

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.

Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.

On all the peaks lies peace.

Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens.

We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own.

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.