Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast,
And each will wrestle for the mastery there.

Every day I observe more and more the folly of judging of others by ourselves; and I have so much trouble with myself, and my own heart is in such constant agitation, that I am well content to let others pursue their own course, if they only allow me the same privilege.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!

I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.

One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.

The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.

Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.

I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.

We all of us live upon the past, and through the past we are destroyed.

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!

How often do I lull my seething blood to rest, for you have never seen anything so unsteady, so uncertain, as this heart.

من هرگز در حسرت بال پرندگان نخواهم بود. جذبه های جانم، از کتابی به کتاب دیگر و از صفحه ای به صفحه ی دیگر مرا به جاهای بسیار دورتر می برند.

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