Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.

For I have been a man, and that means to have been a fighter.

The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.

We are our own devils; we drive ourselves out of our Edens.

To live within limits. To want one thing. Or a few things very much and love them dearly. Cling to them, survey them from every angle. Become one with them - that is what makes the poet, the artist, the human being.

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!

Niemand ist mehr Sklave, als der sich für frei hält, ohne es zu sein.

Wer Recht behalten will und hat nur eine Zunge,<br

Just trust yourself and you'll learn the art of living.

Wo viel Licht ist, ist starker Schatten.

I was oppressed with the sensations I then felt; I sunk under the weight of them.

Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one.

I examine my own being, and find there a world, but a world rather of imagination and dim desires, than of distinctness and living power. Then everything swims before my senses, and I smile and dream while pursuing my way through the world.

Everybody wants to be somebody,but nobody wants to grow...

Piety is not an end but a means to attain by the greatest peace of mind the highest degree of culture.