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 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.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
-
-
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
JOHANN 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 GOETHE -
I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE -
I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE -
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 -
What a torment it is to see so much loveliness passing and repassing before us, and yet not dare to lay hold of it!
JOHANN 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 GOETHE -
What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE -
Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE -
Leap and the net will appear.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE -
Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE -
Doubt can only be removed by action.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE -
The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
JOHANN 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 GOETHE -
There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE