Some books seem to have been written, not to teach us anything, but to let us know that the author has known… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
At the moment of commitment the entire universe conspires to assist you. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Nothing is good for a nation but that which arises from its own core and its own general wants, without apish imitation… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I hate everything that merely instructs me without augmenting or directly invigorating my activity. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Begin by instructing yourself, then you will receive instruction from others. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The most original of authors are not so because they advance what is new, but more because they know how to say… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Die Zeit ist selbst ein Element. Time is itself an element. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The greatest difficulties lie where we are not looking for them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Zweck sein selbst ist jegliches Tier. Each animal is an end in itself. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Let no one be like another, yet everyone like the highest. How is this done? Be each one perfect in himself. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
You acquire a language most readily in the country where it is spoken; you study mineralogy best among miners; and so with… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
To act is easy, to think is hard; to act according to our thought is troublesome. — 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
