--- title: "6 Reverence Quotes By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe" description: "6 Reverence quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Plus more from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and more Reverence sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee3/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_fathom_let-us-seek-to-fathom-those-things-that_1576913.jpg" --- > [Let us seek to fathom those things that are fathomable and reserve those things which are unfathomable for reverence in quietude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/let-us-seek-to-fathom-those-things-that-are-fathomable-and-reserve/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee3/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_fathom_let-us-seek-to-fathom-those-things-that_1576913.jpg) > [ However often we turn to it \[the Koran\] at first disgusting us each time afresh, it soon attracts, astounds, and in the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/however-often-we-turn-to-it-the-koran-at-first-disgusting-us-each/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75c/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_age_however-often-we-turn-to-it-the-koran-at_1995602.jpg) > [Continue to make the demands of the day your immediate concern, and take occasion to test the purity of your hearts and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/continue-to-make-the-demands-of-the-day-your-immediate-concern-and/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76e/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_attitude_continue-to-make-the-demands-of-the-day_2016384.jpg) > [The soul of the Christian religion is reverence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/the-soul-of-the-christian-religion-is-reverence/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ff/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_christian_the-soul-of-the-christian-religion-is-re_2089865.jpg) > [I reverence the individual who understands distinctly what he wishes; who unweariedly advances, who knows the means conducive to his object, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/i-reverence-the-individual-who-understands-distinctly-what-he-wishes/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/204/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_decision_i-reverence-the-individual-who-understan_2127627.jpg) > [True religion teaches us to reverence what is under us, to recognize humility and poverty, and, despite mockery and disgrace, wretchedness, suffering,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/true-religion-teaches-us-to-reverence-what-is-under-us-to-recognize/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f7/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_despite_true-religion-teaches-us-to-reverence-wh_2427313.jpg) ## Other authors on Reverence - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-schweitzer-10559.jpg) Albert Schweitzer 30 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/reverence/albert-schweitzer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gary-zukav-37072.jpg) Gary Zukav 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/reverence/gary-zukav/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 13 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/reverence/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/reverence/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-eliot-37652.jpg) George Eliot 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/reverence/george-eliot/) - [Mark Twain 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/reverence/mark-twain/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-wendell-berry-94730.jpg) Wendell Berry 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/reverence/wendell-berry/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-john-ruskin-52210.jpg) John Ruskin 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/reverence/john-ruskin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/reverence/friedrich-nietzsche/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-ayn-rand-15943.jpg) Ayn Rand 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/reverence/ayn-rand/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/reverence/thomas-jefferson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-carlyle-90262.jpg) Thomas Carlyle 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/reverence/thomas-carlyle/) ## 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/reverence/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/#itemlist", "name": "6 Reverence Quotes By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Let us seek to fathom those things that are fathomable and reserve those things which are unfathomable for reverence in quietude.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/let-us-seek-to-fathom-those-things-that-are-fathomable-and-reserve/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee3/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_fathom_let-us-seek-to-fathom-those-things-that_1576913.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee3/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_fathom_let-us-seek-to-fathom-those-things-that_1576913.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee3/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_fathom_let-us-seek-to-fathom-those-things-that_1576913.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Let us seek to fathom those things that are fathomable and reserve those things which are unfathomable for…” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "However often we turn to it [the Koran] at first disgusting us each time afresh, it soon attracts, astounds, and in the end enforces our reverence. . . . 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