“All theory is gray, my friend. But forever green is the tree of life.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“FAUST You seem to like eavesdropping. MEPHISTOPHELES I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
... when all the world dissolves, And every creature shall be purified, All places shall be hell that are not heaven. — Christopher Marlowe Copy Share Image
I am part of the part that once was everything, Part of the darkness which gave birth to light… Mephistopheles, from Faust. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“When someone offers you lines like that, he must be Mephistopheles and you must be Faust. You know you shouldn't succumb to… — William Logan Copy Share Image
“[The Devil] Mephistopheles, when he comes to Faust, testifies of himself that he desires evil, yet does only good. Well, let him… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
Faustus: Stay, Mephistopheles, and tell me, what good will my soul do thy lord? Mephistopheles: Enlarge his kingdom. Faustus: Is that the… — Christopher Marlowe Copy Share Image
Duane lived life right on the edge. If you ever read Goethe's Faust, Duane Allman was very much that kind of figure.… — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
Hannibal at eighteen was rooting for Mephistopheles and contemptuous of Faust, but he only half-listened to the climax. He was watching and… — Thomas Harris Copy Share Image
I am the spirit that negates. And rightly so, for all that comes to be Deserves to perish wretchedly; 'Twere better nothing… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“Mephistopheles: Why, this is hell, nor am I out of it. Think'st thou that I, who saw the face of God And… — Christopher Marlowe Copy Share Image
Mephistopheles, the machine man, can provide us with all the means, and is thus likely to determine the aims of life as… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
“THE WITCH. [dancing]. O I shall lose my wits, I fear, Do I, again, see Squire Satan here! MEPHISTOPHELES. Woman, the name… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
At the risk of quoting Mephistopheles I repeat: Welcome to hell. A hell erected and maintained by human-governments, and blessed by black… — Mumia Abu-Jamal Copy Share Image
“Mephistopheles: Within the bowels of these elements, Where we are tortured and remain forever. Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscribed In… — Christopher Marlowe Copy Share Image
Heed not Mephistopheles, my children, lest you suffer eternal damnation. When he whispers in your ear, turn away your head and hearken… — Harry Segall Copy Share Image
I let him run on, this papier-maché Mephistopheles, and it seemed to me that if I tried I could poke my forefinger… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Had I as many souls as there be stars, I'd give them all for Mephistopheles! — Christopher Marlowe Copy Share Image
![“[The Devil] Mephistopheles, when he comes to Faust, testifies of himself that he desires evil, yet does only good. Well, let him do as he likes, it's quite the opposite with me. I am perhaps the only man in all of nature who loves the truth and sincerely desires good.” quote by Fyodor Dostoyevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4ea/fyodor-dostoyevsky-94_quote_the-devil-mephistopheles-when-he-comes-t_2005938.jpg)
![“THE WITCH. [dancing]. O I shall lose my wits, I fear, Do I, again, see Squire Satan here! MEPHISTOPHELES. Woman, the name offends my ear! THE WITCH. Why so? What has it done to you? MEPHISTOPHELES. It has long since to fable-books been banished; But men are none the better for it; true, The wicked…” quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/83c/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_quote_the-witch-dancing-o-i-shall-lose-my-wits_2026210.jpg)
