We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWe are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWhat 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 GOETHEIs this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason or after he has lost it?
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHETo think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEIn the colorful reflection we have what is life.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHELove does not dominate; it cultivates.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEIf I love you, what business is it of yours?
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWe know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEEverything transitory is but an image.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEI wait for the morning of my tears.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEI 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 GOETHENothing is more dangerous than solitude.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEBy seeking and blundering we learn.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEIf 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 GOETHETo be loved for what one is, that is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him; their own selves, their version of him.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEMisunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE