Famous Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Live dangerously and you live right.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
He who is plenteously provided for from within needs but little from without.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own advantage in all that happens to them.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Every second is of infinite value.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Every step of life shows much caution is required.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
To accept good advice is but to increase one’s own ability.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
All things are only transitory.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
