Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wisdom is found only in truth.
Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.
We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for.
No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.
Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.
Mastery passes often for egotism.
One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.
If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own.
Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.
The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.
Nothing is worth more than this day.
A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude.
Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.
Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.
We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.
Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.
For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation.
Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.
Age merely shows what children we remain.
First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.
It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.
It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.
We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like.
Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.
