87 quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“I love those who yearn for the impossible.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“In art the best is good enough.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“On all the peaks lies peace.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“Science arose from poetry... when times change the two can meet again on a higher level as friends.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“This is the highest wisdom that I own: freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“I call architecture frozen music.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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