Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on forever
“Every situation–nay, every moment–is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.”
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One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe There is no past we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternal now that builds and creates out of the past something new and better.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe The suffering may be moral or physical; and in my opinion it is just as absurd to call a man a coward who destroys himself, as to call a man a coward who dies of a malignant fever.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Doubt can only be removed by action.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe The human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in order to live, and what little freedom remains so fills them with fear that they seek out any and every means to be rid of it.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe To be loved for what one is, that is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him; their own selves, their version of him.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Night is the other half of life, and the better half.
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