Thank God when He lays a burden on thee, and thank Him when He takes it off. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Whatever necessity lays upon thee, endure; whatever she commands, do. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Without haste! without rest! Bind the motto to thy breast! Bear it with thee as a spell; Storm or sunshine , guard… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
That which thy fathers have bequeathed to thee, earn it anew if thou wouldst possess it. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The iron hand of necessity commands, and her stern decree is supreme law, to which the gods even must submit. In deep… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Stood I, O Nature! man alone in thee, Then were it worth one's while a man to be. — 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
