Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on doubt
“We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.”
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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 GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe We often feel that we lack something, and seem to see that very quality in someone else, promptly attributing all our own qualities to him too, and a kind of ideal contentment as well. And so the happy mortal is a model of complete perfection–which we have ourselves created.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe What is uttered from the heart alone will win the heart of others to your own.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe I wait for the morning of my tears.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Every situation–nay, every moment–is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe 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!
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