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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes

Moral epochs have their course as well as the seasons. We can no more hold them fast than we can hold sun, moon, and stars. Our faults perpetually return upon us; and herein lies the subtlest difficulty of self-knowledge Picture Quote #1

So then the year is repeating its old story again. We are come once more, thank God! To its most charming chapter. The violets and the Mayflowers are as its inscriptions or vignettes. It always makes a pleasant impression on us, when we open again at these pages of the book of life Picture Quote #1

To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking Picture Quote #1

I am a part of the part that at first was all, part of the darkness that gave birth to the light, that supercilious light which now disputes with Mother Night her ancient rank and space, and yet cannot succeed; no matter how it struggles, it sticks to matter and can’t get free. Light flows from substance, makes it beautiful Picture Quote #1

Say what you will of fortitude, but show me the man who can patiently endure the laughter of fools when they have obtained an advantage over him. ‘Tis only when their nonsense is without foundation that one can suffer it without complaint Picture Quote #1

Truth has to be repeated constantly, because Error also is being preached all the time, and not just by a few, but by the multitude. In the Press and Encyclopaedias, in Schools and Universities, everywhere Error holds sway, feeling happy and comfortable in the knowledge of having Majority on its side Picture Quote #1

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How can we learn self-knowledge? Never by taking thought but rather by action. Try to do your duty and you’ll soon discover what you’re like Picture Quote #1

The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace Picture Quote #1

Who longs in solitude to live, Ah! soon his wish will gain: Men hope and love, men get and give, and leave him to his pain Picture Quote #1

Help me to discover Thy truth, O Lord, and preserve me from those who have already found it Picture Quote #1

Money lost, something lost. Honor lost, much lost. Courage lost, everything lost-better you were never born Picture Quote #1

Everyone holds his fortune in his own hands, like a sculptor the raw material he will fashion into a figure. But it’s the same with that type of artistic activity as with all others: We are merely born with the capability to do it. The Skill to mold the material into what we want must be learned and attentively cultivated Picture Quote #1

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Fools and wise men are equally harmless. It is the half-fools and half-wise that are dangerous Picture Quote #1

Art is constitutive-the artist determines beauty. He does not take it over Picture Quote #1

Seize this very minute. What you can do or dream you can do, begin it. Begin it and the work will be completed Picture Quote #1

How marvelous, wide and broad is my Inheritance! Time is my property, my estate is time Picture Quote #1

As beauteous is the world, and many a joy Floats through its wide dominion. But, alas, When we would seize the winged good, it flies Picture Quote #1

The mind is found most acute and most uneasy in the morning. Uneasiness is, indeed, a species of sagacity - a passive sagacity. Fools are never uneasy Picture Quote #1

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The rainbow mirrors human aims and action. Think, and more clearly wilt thou grasp it, seeing Life is but light in many-hued reflection Picture Quote #1

Were the eye not of the sun, How could we behold the light? If God’s might and ours were not as one, How could His work enchant our sight? Picture Quote #1

Wind is the loving Wooer of waters; Wind blends together Billows all-foaming. Spirit of man, Thou art like unto water! Fortune of man, Thou art like unto wind! Picture Quote #1

Our destiny often looks like a fruit-tree in winter. Who would think from its pitiable aspect that those rigid boughs, those rough twigs could next spring again be green, bloom, and even bear fruit? Yet we hope it, we know it Picture Quote #1

There is nothing new on earth / For a person who lives long and experiences much. / In my years of youthful wandering / I have seen crystallized people Picture Quote #1

Lose this day loitering ‘Twill be the same old story, Tomorrow and the next, Even more dilatory. Whatever you would do, Or dream of doing, begin it! Boldness has power, genius, and magic in it. Begin it now Picture Quote #1

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The flowers of life are but visionary. How many pass away and leave no trace behind! How few yield any fruit,--and the fruit itself, how rarely does it ripen! And yet there are flowers enough; and is it not strange, my friend, that we should suffer the little that does really ripen to rot, decay, and perish unenjoyed? Picture Quote #1

Thou art in the end what thou art. Put on wigs with millions of curls, set thy foot upon ell-high rocks. Thou abidest ever--what thou art Picture Quote #1

By the artist’s seizing any one object from nature, that object no longer is part of nature. One can go so far as to say that theartist creates the object in that very moment by emphasizing its significant, characteristic, and interesting aspects or, rather, by adding the higher values Picture Quote #1

Nature is so perfect that the Trinity couldn’t have fashioned her any more perfect. She is an organ on which our Lord plays and the devil works the bellows Picture Quote #1

Good children’s literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child Picture Quote #1

A useless life is an early death. [Ger., Ein unnutz Leben ist ein fruher Tod.] Picture Quote #1

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Moral epochs have their course as well as the seasons. We can no more hold them fast than we can hold sun, moon, and stars. Our faults perpetually return upon us; and herein lies the subtlest difficulty of self-knowledge (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) So then the year is repeating its old story again. We are come once more, thank God! To its most charming chapter. The violets and the Mayflowers are as its inscriptions or vignettes. It always makes a pleasant impression on us, when we open again at these pages of the book of life (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) I am a part of the part that at first was all, part of the darkness that gave birth to the light, that supercilious light which now disputes with Mother Night her ancient rank and space, and yet cannot succeed; no matter how it struggles, it sticks to matter and can’t get free. Light flows from substance, makes it beautiful (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) Say what you will of fortitude, but show me the man who can patiently endure the laughter of fools when they have obtained an advantage over him. ‘Tis only when their nonsense is without foundation that one can suffer it without complaint (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) Truth has to be repeated constantly, because Error also is being preached all the time, and not just by a few, but by the multitude. In the Press and Encyclopaedias, in Schools and Universities, everywhere Error holds sway, feeling happy and comfortable in the knowledge of having Majority on its side (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) How can we learn self-knowledge? Never by taking thought but rather by action. Try to do your duty and you’ll soon discover what you’re like (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) Who longs in solitude to live, Ah! soon his wish will gain: Men hope and love, men get and give, and leave him to his pain (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) Help me to discover Thy truth, O Lord, and preserve me from those who have already found it (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) Money lost, something lost. Honor lost, much lost. Courage lost, everything lost-better you were never born (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) Everyone holds his fortune in his own hands, like a sculptor the raw material he will fashion into a figure. But it’s the same with that type of artistic activity as with all others: We are merely born with the capability to do it. The Skill to mold the material into what we want must be learned and attentively cultivated (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) Fools and wise men are equally harmless. It is the half-fools and half-wise that are dangerous (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) Art is constitutive-the artist determines beauty. He does not take it over (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) Seize this very minute. What you can do or dream you can do, begin it. Begin it and the work will be completed (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) How marvelous, wide and broad is my Inheritance! Time is my property, my estate is time (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) As beauteous is the world, and many a joy Floats through its wide dominion. But, alas, When we would seize the winged good, it flies (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) The mind is found most acute and most uneasy in the morning. Uneasiness is, indeed, a species of sagacity - a passive sagacity. Fools are never uneasy (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) The rainbow mirrors human aims and action. Think, and more clearly wilt thou grasp it, seeing Life is but light in many-hued reflection (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) Were the eye not of the sun, How could we behold the light? If God’s might and ours were not as one, How could His work enchant our sight? (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) Wind is the loving Wooer of waters; Wind blends together Billows all-foaming. Spirit of man, Thou art like unto water! Fortune of man, Thou art like unto wind! (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) Our destiny often looks like a fruit-tree in winter. Who would think from its pitiable aspect that those rigid boughs, those rough twigs could next spring again be green, bloom, and even bear fruit? Yet we hope it, we know it (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) There is nothing new on earth / For a person who lives long and experiences much. / In my years of youthful wandering / I have seen crystallized people (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) Lose this day loitering ‘Twill be the same old story, Tomorrow and the next, Even more dilatory. Whatever you would do, Or dream of doing, begin it! Boldness has power, genius, and magic in it. Begin it now (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) The flowers of life are but visionary. How many pass away and leave no trace behind! How few yield any fruit,--and the fruit itself, how rarely does it ripen! And yet there are flowers enough; and is it not strange, my friend, that we should suffer the little that does really ripen to rot, decay, and perish unenjoyed? (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) Thou art in the end what thou art. Put on wigs with millions of curls, set thy foot upon ell-high rocks. Thou abidest ever--what thou art (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) By the artist’s seizing any one object from nature, that object no longer is part of nature. One can go so far as to say that theartist creates the object in that very moment by emphasizing its significant, characteristic, and interesting aspects or, rather, by adding the higher values (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) Nature is so perfect that the Trinity couldn’t have fashioned her any more perfect. She is an organ on which our Lord plays and the devil works the bellows (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) Good children’s literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child. (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) A useless life is an early death. [Ger., Ein unnutz Leben ist ein fruher Tod.] (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes)

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