Every situation--nay, every moment--is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Man is a simple being, and however rich, varied, and unfathomable he may be, the cycle of his situations is soon run… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
There are situations in which hope and fear run together, in which they mutually destroy one another and lose themselves in dull… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
And I like those authors best whose scenes describe my own situation in life-- and the friends who are about me whose… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate.… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation. — 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
