Hell begins the day that God grants you the vision to see all that you could have done, should have done, and… — 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
Treat a person as they are, they will remain so. Treat a person the way that person can be and is capable… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
He who does not see the whole world in his friends, does not deserve that the world should hear of him. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
He who would reproach an author for obscurity should look into his own mind to see whether it is quite clear there.… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Look at a man the way he is and he only becomes worse, but look at him as if he were what… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Truth is a torch, but a terrific one; therefore we all try to reach it with closed eyes, lest we should be… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Whenever I hear people talking about liberal ideas, I am always astounded that men should love to fool themselves with empty sounds.… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
There are two things parents should give their children roots and wings. Roots to give them bearing and a sense of belonging,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Pain and pleasure, good and evil, come to us from unexpected sources. It is not there where we have gathered up our brightest hopes, that the dawn of happiness breaks. It is not there where we have glanced our eye with affright, that we find the deadliest gloom. What should this teach us? To bow to the great and only… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
Truth is contrary to our nature, not so error, and this for a very simple reason: truth demands that we should recognize… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity, and here has its greatest effect on life, an effect… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Don't feel guilty if you don't immediately love your stepchildren as you do your own, or as much as you think you… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Tolerance should really only be a passing attitude: it should lead to appreciation. To tolerate is to offend. — 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
