Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on destiny
“Is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason or after he has lost it?”
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The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
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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.
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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.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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