---
title: "1 True Sense Quotes By Johann Gottfried Herder"
description: "1 True Sense quotes by Johann Gottfried Herder. Plus more from Johann Gottfried Herder and more True Sense sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc1/johann-gottfried-herder-20232_beautiful_to-think-what-is-true-to-sense-what-is-b_1828078.jpg"
---

> [To think what is true, to sense what is beautiful and to want what is good, hereby the spirit finds purpose of a life in reason.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-gottfried-herder/to-think-what-is-true-to-sense-what-is-beautiful-and-to-want-what-is/)

[Johann Gottfried Herder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-gottfried-herder/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc1/johann-gottfried-herder-20232_beautiful_to-think-what-is-true-to-sense-what-is-b_1828078.jpg)

## More by Johann Gottfried Herder

> [It is easier to make a lady of a peasant-girl than a peasant-girl of a lady.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-gottfried-herder/it-is-easier-to-make-a-lady-of-a-peasant-girl-than-a-peasant-girl-of/)

[Johann Gottfried Herder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-gottfried-herder/)

> [What of us lies in the hearts of others is our truest and deepest self.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-gottfried-herder/what-of-us-lies-in-the-hearts-of-others-is-our-truest-and-deepest-self/)

[Johann Gottfried Herder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-gottfried-herder/)

> [Everyone loves his own country, customs, language, wife, children, not because they are the best in the world, but because they are his established…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-gottfried-herder/everyone-loves-his-own-country-customs-language-wife-children-not/)

[Johann Gottfried Herder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-gottfried-herder/)

> [The friend who holds up before me the mirror, conceals not my smallest faults, warns me kindly, reproves me affectionately, when I have not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-gottfried-herder/the-friend-who-holds-up-before-me-the-mirror-conceals-not-my-smallest/)

[Johann Gottfried Herder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-gottfried-herder/)

> [“A learned society of our day, no doubt with the loftiest of intentions, has proposed the question, “Which people, in history, might have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-gottfried-herder/a-learned-society-of-our-day-no-doubt-with-the-loftiest-of-intentions/)

[Johann Gottfried Herder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-gottfried-herder/)

> [Calmly take what ill betideth; Patience wins the crown at length: Rich repayment him abideth Who endures in quiet strength. Brave the tamer of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-gottfried-herder/calmly-take-what-ill-betideth-patience-wins-the-crown-at-length-rich/)

[Johann Gottfried Herder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-gottfried-herder/)

> [Touch not the flute when drums are sounding around; when fools have the word, the wise will be silent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-gottfried-herder/touch-not-the-flute-when-drums-are-sounding-around-when-fools-have/)

[Johann Gottfried Herder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-gottfried-herder/)

> [What destiny sends, bear! Whoever perseveres will be crowned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-gottfried-herder/what-destiny-sends-bear-whoever-perseveres-will-be-crowned/)

[Johann Gottfried Herder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-gottfried-herder/)

> [Say oh wise man how you have come to such knowledge? Because I was never ashamed to confess my ignorance and ask others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-gottfried-herder/say-oh-wise-man-how-you-have-come-to-such-knowledge-because-i-was/)

[Johann Gottfried Herder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-gottfried-herder/)

> [Jesus Christ is, in the noblest and most perfect sense, the realized ideal of humanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-gottfried-herder/jesus-christ-is-in-the-noblest-and-most-perfect-sense-the-realized/)

[Johann Gottfried Herder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-gottfried-herder/)

> [The working of revolutions misleads me no more; it is as necessary to our race as its waves to the stream, that it may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-gottfried-herder/the-working-of-revolutions-misleads-me-no-more-it-is-as-necessary-to/)

[Johann Gottfried Herder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-gottfried-herder/)

> [Whoever perseveres will be crowned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-gottfried-herder/whoever-perseveres-will-be-crowned/)

[Johann Gottfried Herder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-gottfried-herder/)

> [So says the most ancient book of the Earth; thus it is written on its leaves of marble, lime, sand, slate, and clay: ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-gottfried-herder/so-says-the-most-ancient-book-of-the-earth-thus-it-is-written-on-its/)

[Johann Gottfried Herder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-gottfried-herder/)

> [“You people in all parts of the world, who have passed away over the ages, you did not live only to fertilize the earth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-gottfried-herder/you-people-in-all-parts-of-the-world-who-have-passed-away-over-the/)

[Johann Gottfried Herder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-gottfried-herder/)

> [Brave is the lion tamer, brave is the world subduer, but braver is the one who has subdued himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-gottfried-herder/brave-is-the-lion-tamer-brave-is-the-world-subduer-but-braver-is-the/)

[Johann Gottfried Herder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-gottfried-herder/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/true-sense/johann-gottfried-herder/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 True Sense Quotes By Johann Gottfried Herder",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "To think what is true, to sense what is beautiful and to want what is good, hereby the spirit finds purpose of a life in reason.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Johann Gottfried Herder"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-gottfried-herder/to-think-what-is-true-to-sense-what-is-beautiful-and-to-want-what-is/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc1/johann-gottfried-herder-20232_beautiful_to-think-what-is-true-to-sense-what-is-b_1828078.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc1/johann-gottfried-herder-20232_beautiful_to-think-what-is-true-to-sense-what-is-b_1828078.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc1/johann-gottfried-herder-20232_beautiful_to-think-what-is-true-to-sense-what-is-b_1828078.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“To think what is true, to sense what is beautiful and to want what is good, hereby the spirit finds purpose…” — Johann Gottfried Herder",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/true-sense/johann-gottfried-herder/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/true-sense/johann-gottfried-herder/",
            "name": "True Sense Quotes by Johann Gottfried Herder",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/true-sense/johann-gottfried-herder/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc1/johann-gottfried-herder-20232_beautiful_to-think-what-is-true-to-sense-what-is-b_1828078.jpg"
            },
            "description": "1 True Sense quotes by Johann Gottfried Herder. Plus more from Johann Gottfried Herder and more True Sense sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/true-sense/johann-gottfried-herder/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/true-sense/johann-gottfried-herder/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "True Sense",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/true-sense/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Johann Gottfried Herder",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/true-sense/johann-gottfried-herder/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```