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
One ought, everyday, to hear a song, read a fine poem, and, if possible, to speak a few reasonable words. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
There speaks the man of truly noble ways, Who will not listen to the words of praise. In modesty averse, and with… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Assuredly there is no more lovely worship of God than that for which no image is required, but which springs up in… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
But who will dare to speak the truth out clear? The few who anything of truth have learned, And foolishly did not… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
You will find the most pronounced hatred of other nations on the lowest cultural levels. There is, though, a level where the… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
In all things, to serve from the lowest station upwards is necessary. To restrict yourself to a trade is best. For the… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Men are so inclined to content themselves with what is commonest; the spirit and the senses so easily grow dead to the impressions of the beautiful and perfect, that every one should study, by all methods, to nourish in his mind the faculty of feeling these things. ...For this reason, one ought every day at least, to hear a little… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
The summit charms us, the steps to it do not; with the heights before our eyes, we like to linger in the… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
You can’t, if you can’t feel it, if it never Rises from the soul, and sways The heart of every single hearer,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
It is quite beyond me how anyone can believe God speaks to us in books and stories. If the world does not… — 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
