Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEBy seeking and blundering we learn.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.
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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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Night is the other half of life, and the better half.
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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.
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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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Everything transitory is but an image.
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.
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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.
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