A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEA really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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 GOETHEYou can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWho is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though ’twere his own.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHELove is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEThe 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 GOETHEThe greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEIf you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEAll that is transitory is but a metaphor.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHETwo souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEI treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEThere are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEAnd all must follow in my wake.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEIf I love you, what business is it of yours?
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEBehaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHELove does not dominate; it cultivates.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE