All theory, my friend, is grey, But green is life's glad golden tree. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
So, lively brisk old fellow, don't let age get you down. White hairs or not, you can still be a lover. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
An absent friend gives us friendly company when we are well assured of his happiness. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
My worthy friend, gray are all theories And green alone Life's golden tree. — 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
Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better than book or orator. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Copy Share Image
There are people who pay attention to the weaknesses of their friends; that is to no avail. I have always closely watched… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“Let this little book be thy friend, if, owing to fortune or through thine own fault, thou canst not find a dearer… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed That… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but to know someone who thinks and feels… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
As to the value of conversions, God alone can judge. God alone can know how wide are the steps which the soul… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Children, like dogs, have so sharp and fine a scent that they detect and hunt out everything--the bad before all the rest.… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must do. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Science arose from poetry... when times change the two can meet again on a higher level as friends. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not deserve that the world should hear of… — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Copy Share Image
It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“All theory is gray, my friend. But forever green is the tree of life.” — 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
