Infinite Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

12 Infinite quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Goethe’s poetry and prose frequently brush against the boundless. These 12 excerpts capture his nuanced view of infinity, from a historic literary perspective.

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The dangers of life are infinite, and among them is safety.

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Every second is of infinite value.

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What sort of God would it be, who only pushed from without.

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If in the infinite you want to stride, Just walk in the finite to every side.

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Be always resolute with the present hour. Every moment is of infinite value.

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If you want to reach the infinite, then explore every aspect of the finite.

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Every situation--nay, every moment--is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.

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If you wish to advance into the infinite, explore the finite in all directions.

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In art, to express the infinite one should suggest infinitely more than is expressed.

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The day is of infinite length for him who knows how to appreciate and use it.

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The sum which two married people owe to one another defies calculation. It is an infinite debt, which can only be discharged…

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Does not man lack the force at the very point where he needs it most? And when he soars upward in joy,…

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True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them.

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I never believed in trying to do anything. Whatever I set out to do I found I had already accomplished.

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All lyrical work must, as a whole, be perfectly intelligible, but in some particulars a little unintelligible.

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We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.

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There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science.

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The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the common run of people is satisfied with ornament

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Nothing is worse than active ignorance.

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Let us not dream that reason can ever be popular. Passions, emotions, may be made popular; but reason remains ever the property of an…

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Our foibles are really what make us lovable.

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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.

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Giving is the business of the rich.

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Just begin and the mind grows heated; continue, and the task will be completed!

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I look upon all four Gospels as thoroughly genuine, for there shines forth from them the reflected splendor of a sublimity proceeding from Jesus…

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Whatever we may say against collections, which present authors in a disjointed form, they nevertheless bring about many excellent results. We are not always…

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