A man who cannot command himself will always be a slave. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Whatever necessity lays upon thee, endure; whatever she commands, do. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
But the valid issue is the extent to which man knows how to form and master the material at his command. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The modern age has a false sense of superiority, because of the great mass of data at its disposal. But the valid… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The iron hand of necessity commands, and her stern decree is supreme law, to which the gods even must submit. In deep… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Divide and command, a wise maxim; Unite and guide, a better. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The use of a thing is only a part of its significance. To know anything thoroughly, to have the full command of… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
He is happy as well as great who needs neither to obey nor to command in order to be something. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
A resolution that is communicated is no longer within thy power; thy attentions become now the plaything of chance; he who would… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I never believed in trying to do anything. Whatever I set out to do I found I had already accomplished. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
All lyrical work must, as a whole, be perfectly intelligible, but in some particulars a little unintelligible. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the common run of people is satisfied with ornament — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Copy Share Image
Let us not dream that reason can ever be popular. Passions, emotions, may be made popular; but reason remains ever the property of an… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
