Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on change
“Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.”
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Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe 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.
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For last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s words await another voice.
T. S. EliotT. S. Eliot I mean they don’t seem able to love us just the way we are. They don’t seem able to love us unless they can keep changing us a little bit. They love their reasons for loving us almost as much as they love us, and most of the time more.
J. D. SalingerJ. D. Salinger The fact that laws were given to man, both affirmative and negative, supports the principle, that God’s knowledge of future events does not change their character. The great doubt that presents itself to our mind is the result of the insufficiency of our intellect.
MaimonidesMaimonides This defines entrepreneur and entrepreneurship – the entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.
Peter DruckerPeter Drucker We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.
Peter DruckerPeter Drucker The audience changes every night. You’re the same person. You have to speak your mind and do the stuff that you think is funny and makes you laugh.
Joe RoganJoe Rogan Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don’t believe is right.
Jane GoodallJane Goodall Dynamism is a function of change.
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