|

|

Advertisements

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes

Ingratitude is always a kind of weakness. I have never known men of ability to be ungrateful Picture Quote #1

If a man sets out to study all the laws, he will have no time left to transgress them Picture Quote #1

Life seems so vulgar, so easily content with the commonplace things of every day, and yet it always nurses and cherishes certain higher claims in secret, and looks about for the means of satisfying them Picture Quote #1

Nature! We are surrounded by her and locked in her clasp: powerless to leave her, and powerless to come closer to her. Unasked and unwarned she takes us up into the whirl of her dance, and hurries on with us till we are weary and fall from her arms Picture Quote #1

Opponents fancy they refute us when they repeat their own opinion and pay no attention to ours Picture Quote #1

Piety is not an end, but a means: a means of attaining the highest culture by the purest tranquility of soul. Hence it may be observed that those who set up piety as an end and object are mostly hypocrites Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

There is nothing worth thinking but it has been thought before; we must only try to think it again Picture Quote #1

Tolerance should, strictly speaking, be only a passing mood; it ought to lead to acknowledgment and appreciation. To tolerate a person is to affront him Picture Quote #1

Love of truth shows itself in this, that a man knows how to find and value the good in everything Picture Quote #1

The most foolish of all errors is for clever young men to believe that they forfeit their originality in recognizing a truth which has already been recognized by others Picture Quote #1

It is not always needful for truth to take a definite shape; it is enough if it hovers about us like a spirit and produces harmony; if it is wafted through the air like the sound of a bell, grave and kindly Picture Quote #1

It is as certain as it is strange that truth and error come from one and the same source. Thus it is that we are often not at liberty to do violence to error, because at the same time we do violence to truth Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

A man avails himself of the truth so long as it is serviceable; but he seizes on what is false with a passionate eloquence as soon as he can make a momentary use of it Picture Quote #1

The written word has this advantage, that it lasts and can await the time when it is allowed to take effect Picture Quote #1

We find from experience that yellow excites a warm and agreeable impression... The eye is gladdened, the heart expanded and cheered, a glow seems at once to breathe toward us Picture Quote #1

You are certainly wrong to compare suicide... with great accomplishments, since it cannot be considered as anything but a weakness. After all, it is easier to die than to endure a harrowing life with fortitude Picture Quote #1

Superstition is a part of the very being of humanity; and when we fancy that we are banishing it altogether, it takes refuge in the strangest nooks and corners, and then suddenly comes forth again, as soon as it believes itself at all safe Picture Quote #1

The world of reason is to be regarded as a great and immortal being, who ceaselessly works out what is necessary, and so makes himself lord also over what is accidental Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

To venture an opinion is like moving a piece at chess: it may be taken, but it forms the beginning of a game that is won Picture Quote #1

Perfection is the measure of heaven, and the wish to be perfect the measure of man Picture Quote #1

I come more and more to the conclusion that one must take the side of the minority which is always the more intelligent one Picture Quote #1

We can stand only a certain amount of unhappiness; anything beyond that annihilates us or passes us by, leaving us apathethetic Picture Quote #1

The thinking person has the strange characteristic to like to create a fantasy in the place of the unsolved problem, a fantasy that stays with the person even when the problem has been solved and truth made its appearance Picture Quote #1

This world could not exist if it were not so simple. The ground has been tilled a thousand years, yet its powers remain ever the same; a little rain, a little sun, and each spring it grows green again Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

We all walk in mysteries. We are surrounded by an atmosphere about which we still know nothing at all Picture Quote #1

The beginning of faith is the beginning of fruitfulness; but the beginning of unbelief, however glittering, is empty Picture Quote #1

Animals, we have been told, are taught by their organs. Yes, I would add, and so are men, but men have this further advantage that they can also teach their organs in return Picture Quote #1

Alas! how much there is in education, and in our social institutions, to prepare us and our children for insanity Picture Quote #1

There is nothing in life so irrational, that good sense and chance may not set it to rights; nothing so rational, that folly and chance may not utterly confound it Picture Quote #1

The use of a thing is only a part of its significance. To know anything thoroughly, to have the full command of it in all its appliances, we must study it on its own account, independently of any special application Picture Quote #1

1 - 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 - 48

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Advertisements

Text Quotes

Ingratitude is always a kind of weakness. I have never known men of ability to be ungrateful (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) If a man sets out to study all the laws, he will have no time left to transgress them (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) Life seems so vulgar, so easily content with the commonplace things of every day, and yet it always nurses and cherishes certain higher claims in secret, and looks about for the means of satisfying them (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) Nature! We are surrounded by her and locked in her clasp: powerless to leave her, and powerless to come closer to her. Unasked and unwarned she takes us up into the whirl of her dance, and hurries on with us till we are weary and fall from her arms (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) Opponents fancy they refute us when they repeat their own opinion and pay no attention to ours (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) Piety is not an end, but a means: a means of attaining the highest culture by the purest tranquility of soul. Hence it may be observed that those who set up piety as an end and object are mostly hypocrites (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) There is nothing worth thinking but it has been thought before; we must only try to think it again (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) Tolerance should, strictly speaking, be only a passing mood; it ought to lead to acknowledgment and appreciation. To tolerate a person is to affront him (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) Love of truth shows itself in this, that a man knows how to find and value the good in everything (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) The most foolish of all errors is for clever young men to believe that they forfeit their originality in recognizing a truth which has already been recognized by others (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) It is not always needful for truth to take a definite shape; it is enough if it hovers about us like a spirit and produces harmony; if it is wafted through the air like the sound of a bell, grave and kindly (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) It is as certain as it is strange that truth and error come from one and the same source. Thus it is that we are often not at liberty to do violence to error, because at the same time we do violence to truth (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) A man avails himself of the truth so long as it is serviceable; but he seizes on what is false with a passionate eloquence as soon as he can make a momentary use of it (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) The written word has this advantage, that it lasts and can await the time when it is allowed to take effect (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) We find from experience that yellow excites a warm and agreeable impression... The eye is gladdened, the heart expanded and cheered, a glow seems at once to breathe toward us (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) You are certainly wrong to compare suicide... with great accomplishments, since it cannot be considered as anything but a weakness. After all, it is easier to die than to endure a harrowing life with fortitude (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) Superstition is a part of the very being of humanity; and when we fancy that we are banishing it altogether, it takes refuge in the strangest nooks and corners, and then suddenly comes forth again, as soon as it believes itself at all safe (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) The world of reason is to be regarded as a great and immortal being, who ceaselessly works out what is necessary, and so makes himself lord also over what is accidental (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) To venture an opinion is like moving a piece at chess: it may be taken, but it forms the beginning of a game that is won (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) Perfection is the measure of heaven, and the wish to be perfect the measure of man (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) I come more and more to the conclusion that one must take the side of the minority which is always the more intelligent one (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) We can stand only a certain amount of unhappiness; anything beyond that annihilates us or passes us by, leaving us apathethetic (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) The thinking person has the strange characteristic to like to create a fantasy in the place of the unsolved problem, a fantasy that stays with the person even when the problem has been solved and truth made its appearance (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) This world could not exist if it were not so simple. The ground has been tilled a thousand years, yet its powers remain ever the same; a little rain, a little sun, and each spring it grows green again (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) We all walk in mysteries. We are surrounded by an atmosphere about which we still know nothing at all (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) The beginning of faith is the beginning of fruitfulness; but the beginning of unbelief, however glittering, is empty (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) Animals, we have been told, are taught by their organs. Yes, I would add, and so are men, but men have this further advantage that they can also teach their organs in return (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) Alas! how much there is in education, and in our social institutions, to prepare us and our children for insanity (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) There is nothing in life so irrational, that good sense and chance may not set it to rights; nothing so rational, that folly and chance may not utterly confound it (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes) The use of a thing is only a part of its significance. To know anything thoroughly, to have the full command of it in all its appliances, we must study it on its own account, independently of any special application (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes)

1 - 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 - 48