Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

Nothing should be treasured more highly than the value of the day.

Es ist so gewiß als wunderbar, daß Wahrheit und Irrthum aus Einer Quelle entstehen; deßwegen man oft dem Irrthum nicht schaden darf, weil man zugleich der Wahrheit schadet.

Wer Wissenschaft und Kunst besitzt, / Hat auch Religion / Wer jene beiden nicht besitzt / Der habe Religion

Und doch sehr oft, wenn wir uns von dem Beabsichtigten für ewig getrennt sehen, haben wir schon auf unserm Wege irgend ein anderes Wünschenswerthe gefunden, etwas uns Gemäßes, mit dem uns zu begnügen wir eigentlich geboren sind.

Night is the other half of life, and the better half.

I sing as the bird sings
That lives in the boughs.

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

There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.

Alles Gescheite ist schon gedacht worden. Man muss nur versuchen, es noch einmal zu denken.

On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.

Three things are to be looked to in a building: that it stand on the right spot; that it be securely founded; that it be successfully executed.

Sometimes I don't understand how another can love her, is allowed to love her, since I love her so completely myself, so intensely, so fully, grasp nothing, know nothing, have nothing but her!

Sweet moonlight, shining full and clear,
Why do you light my torture here?
How often have you seen me toil,
Burning last drops of midnight oil.
On books and papers as I read,
My friend, your mournful light you shed.
If only I could flee this den
And walk the mountain-tops again,
Through moonlit meadows make my way,
In mountain caves with spirits play -
Released from learning's musty cell,
Your healing dew would make me well!

The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains.

Individuality of expression is the beginning and end of all art.