--- title: "5 Hardest Quotes By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe" description: "5 Hardest quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Plus more from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and more Hardest sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa9/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_eyes_the-hardest-thing-to-see-is-what-is-in-f_361357.jpg" --- > [The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/the-hardest-thing-to-see-is-what-is-in-front-of-your-eyes/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa9/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_eyes_the-hardest-thing-to-see-is-what-is-in-f_361357.jpg) > [The hardest thing is to see what's under your very eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/the-hardest-thing-is-to-see-what-s-under-your-very-eyes/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd2/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_eye_the-hardest-thing-is-to-see-what-s-under_1305608.jpg) > [What is hardest of all? That which seems most simple: to see with your eyes what is before your eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/what-is-hardest-of-all-that-which-seems-most-simple-to-see-with-your/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f24/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_eye_what-is-hardest-of-all-that-which-seems_1569954.jpg) > [The worst is that the very hardest thinking will not bring thoughts. They must come like good children of God and cry,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/the-worst-is-that-the-very-hardest-thinking-will-not-bring-thoughts/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f8/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_child-of-god_the-worst-is-that-the-very-hardest-think_1949710.jpg) > [To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/to-think-is-easy-to-act-is-hard-but-the-hardest-thing-in-the-world-is-2/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cba/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_acting_to-think-is-easy-to-act-is-hard-but-the_3131296.jpg) ## Other authors on Hardest ## More by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe > [True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/true-works-of-art-contain-their-own-theory-and-give-us-the/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [I never believed in trying to do anything. Whatever I set out to do I found I had already accomplished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/i-never-believed-in-trying-to-do-anything-whatever-i-set-out-to-do-i/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [All lyrical work must, as a whole, be perfectly intelligible, but in some particulars a little unintelligible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/all-lyrical-work-must-as-a-whole-be-perfectly-intelligible-but-in/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/we-know-accurately-only-when-we-know-little-with-knowledge-doubt/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/it-is-easier-to-perceive-error-than-to-find-truth-for-the-former-lies/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/there-is-no-patriotic-art-and-no-patriotic-science/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the common run of people is satisfied with ornament](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/the-connoisseur-of-art-must-be-able-to-appreciate-what-is-simply/) [Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [Nothing is worse than active ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/nothing-is-worse-than-active-ignorance/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [Let us not dream that reason can ever be popular. Passions, emotions, may be made popular; but reason remains ever the property of an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/let-us-not-dream-that-reason-can-ever-be-popular-passions-emotions/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [Our foibles are really what make us lovable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/our-foibles-are-really-what-make-us-lovable/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/instruction-does-much-but-encouragement-everything/) [Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [Giving is the business of the rich.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/giving-is-the-business-of-the-rich/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [Just begin and the mind grows heated; continue, and the task will be completed!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/just-begin-and-the-mind-grows-heated-continue-and-the-task-will-be/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [I look upon all four Gospels as thoroughly genuine, for there shines forth from them the reflected splendor of a sublimity proceeding from Jesus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/i-look-upon-all-four-gospels-as-thoroughly-genuine-for-there-shines/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [Whatever we may say against collections, which present authors in a disjointed form, they nevertheless bring about many excellent results. We are not always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/whatever-we-may-say-against-collections-which-present-authors-in-a/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hardest/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/#itemlist", "name": "5 Hardest Quotes By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/the-hardest-thing-to-see-is-what-is-in-front-of-your-eyes/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa9/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_eyes_the-hardest-thing-to-see-is-what-is-in-f_361357.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa9/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_eyes_the-hardest-thing-to-see-is-what-is-in-f_361357.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa9/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_eyes_the-hardest-thing-to-see-is-what-is-in-f_361357.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The hardest thing is to see what's under your very eyes.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/the-hardest-thing-is-to-see-what-s-under-your-very-eyes/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd2/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_eye_the-hardest-thing-is-to-see-what-s-under_1305608.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd2/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_eye_the-hardest-thing-is-to-see-what-s-under_1305608.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd2/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_eye_the-hardest-thing-is-to-see-what-s-under_1305608.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The hardest thing is to see what's under your very eyes.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What is hardest of all? 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