“Now I find my good men Are gathered in the night To wait in silence, not to sleep And the glorious word of liberty They whisper and murmur Till in unaccustomed strangeness On the steps of our temper Once again… — Goethe Copy Share Image
“Glib tongues frill up their hash of knowledge for mankind in polished speeches that are no more than vaporous winds rustling the fallen leaves… — Goethe Copy Share
“see how all our energies are wasted in providing for mere necessities, which gain have no further end than to prolong a wretched existence;… — Goethe Copy Share
Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it. — Goethe Copy Share
“There are no means of safety against superior qualities of another person but to love him.” — Goethe Copy Share
“Being full of mischief, they love to listen; they gladly obey, for they like to betray you, pretending to be sent from Heaven, and… — Goethe Copy Share
“When he comes to the door he always looks mocking and half-way angry. You can see he has sympathy for nothing. It's written on… — Goethe Copy Share
“When we treat man as he is we make him worse than he is. When we treat him as if he already was what… — Goethe Copy Share
“Men grieve [Mephistopheles] so with the days of their lamenting, [he] even hate[s] to plague them with [his] torments.” — Goethe Copy Share
