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Thought Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Mediocrity has no greater consolation than in the thought that genius is not immortal.
- Whether one show one's self a man of genius in science or compose a song, the only point is, whether the thought, the discovery, the…
- The thought of death leaves me in perfect peace, for I have a firm conviction that our spirit is a being of indestructible nature; it…
- Everything has been thought of before, but the problem is to think of it again.
- Thought expands, but paralyzes; action animates, but narrows.
- The most difficult thing is what is thought to be the simplest; to really see the things which are before your eyes.
- Whoever makes it a rule to test action by thought, thought by action, cannot falter, and if he does, will soon find his way back…
- When the boy begins to understand that the visible point is preceded by an invisible point, that the shortest distance between two points is conceived…
- To act is easy, to think is hard; to act according to our thought is troublesome.
- All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again.
- All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, until…
- It is delightful to transport one's self into the spirit of the past, to see how a wise man has thought before us
- If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable…
- Rejoice that you have still have a long time to live, before the thought comes to you that there is nothing more in the world…
- How can we learn self-knowledge? Never by taking thought but rather by action. Try to do your duty and you'll soon discover what you're like.
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