Every day one should at least hear one little song, read one good poem, see one fine painting and – if at all possible – speak a few sensible words.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEEvery day one should at least hear one little song, read one good poem, see one fine painting and – if at all possible – speak a few sensible words.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEI treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWe are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEHow often do I lull my seething blood to rest, for you have never seen anything so unsteady, so uncertain, as this heart.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEBy seeking and blundering we learn.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEThere are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEIf I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEIf any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEI have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWhat is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEOblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEInstruction does much, but encouragement everything.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEA person hears only what they understand.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEThere is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHELife belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWe all of us live upon the past, and through the past we are destroyed.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE