Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Download Open image “Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
To know thyself--in others self-concern; Would'st thou know others? read thyself--and learn! — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
“Know thyself' is a highly overrated piece of wisdom. As for knowing the self of others, forget it. Know what they do and judge… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
Yes, know thyself: in great concerns or small, be this thy care, for this, my friend, is all. — Juvenal Copy Share Image
Wouldst thou know thyself, observe the actions of others. Wouldst thou other men know, look thou within thine own heart. — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
Not alone to know, but to act according to thy knowledge, is thy destination,--proclaims the voice of my inmost soul. Not for indolent contemplation… — Johann Gottlieb Fichte 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