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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 Goethe

One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

Oneself Travel
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 GOETHE

Goodness Oneself Poem Possible Reading Word
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 GOETHE

Empty Feeling Garden Nature Spirit Thinking World
If 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 GOETHE

Himself Man Noble Philosophy Soul Writing
Leap and the net will appear.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

Believe Faith Hope
We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

Institution Mad Mental Ourselves
In happy ignorance, I sighed for a world I did not know, where I hoped to find every pleasure and enjoyment which my heart could desire; and now, on my return from that wide world, how many disappointed hopes and unsuccessful plans have I brought back!
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

Desire Disappointment Enjoyment Happiness Heart Hope Ignorance World
By seeking and blundering we learn.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

Learning Mistake Seek
Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

Deep Philosophy Soul
For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

Achievement Greatness Himself Man
Every day I observe more and more the folly of judging of others by ourselves; and I have so much trouble with myself, and my own heart is in such constant agitation, that I am well content to let others pursue their own course, if they only allow me the same privilege.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

Heart Judgement Myself Ourselves Pursue
On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

Choice Deep World
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 GOETHE

Destroy Mad Man Moral Opinion Suffering
Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

Game Ideas Start Win
The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

Love Ourselves View Walk
To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

Limitation Oneself