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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quotes

Deutsch Poet August 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "Love does not dominate; it cultivates."
Love does not dominate; it cultivates. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "I love those who yearn for the impossible."
I love those who yearn for the impossible. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
My days are as happy as those reserved by God for his elect; and whatever be my fate hereafter, I can never say that I have not tasted jo? the purest joy of life. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life;..."
I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation..."
The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life..."
All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "All theory is gray, my friend. But forever green is the tree..."
All theory is gray, my friend. But forever green is the tree of life. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Dear me! how long is art! And short is our life! I often know amid the scholar's strife. A sinking feeling in my mind and heart. How difficult the means are to be found. By which the primal sources may be breached; And long before the halfway point is reached, They bury a poor devil in the ground. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last destroy them out of discretion, and so disappears the most beautiful, the most immediate breath of life, irrecoverably for ourselves and for others. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Your suns and worlds are not within my ken, I merely watch the plaguey state of men. The little god of earth remains the same queer sprite. As on the first day, or in primal light. His life would be less difficult, poor thing, Without your gift of heavenly glimmering; He calls it Reason, using light celestial. Just to outdo the beasts in being bestial. To me he seems, with deference to Your Grace, One of those crickets, jumping round the place, Who takes his flying leaps, with legs so long,... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
They make life unnecessarily difficult for themselves by looking for deep thoughts and ideas everywhere and putting them into everything. just have the courage to give yourself up to first impressions..don’t think all the time that everything must be pointless if it lacks an abstract thought or idea Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Nothing can be compared to the new life that the discovery of another country provides for a thoughtful person. Although I am still the same I believe to have changed to the bones. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If you have a great work in your head, nothing else thrives near it; all other thoughts are repelled, and the pleasure of life itself is for the time lost. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are..."
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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