Whatever necessity lays upon thee, endure; whatever she commands, do. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
A man who cannot command himself will always be a slave. — 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
Divide and command, a wise maxim; Unite and guide, a better. — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
All lyrical work must, as a whole, be perfectly intelligible, but in some particulars a little unintelligible. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
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
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
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
Just begin and the mind grows heated; continue, and the task will be completed! — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
I look upon all four Gospels as thoroughly genuine, for there shines forth from them the reflected splendor of a sublimity proceeding from Jesus… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
Whatever we may say against collections, which present authors in a disjointed form, they nevertheless bring about many excellent results. We are not always… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
