To act is easy, to think is hard; to act according to our thought is troublesome.”. ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, quote from Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship. “From youth, I have been accustomed to direct the eyes of my spirit inwards rather than outwards; and hence it is very natural, that, to a certain extent, I should be acquainted

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Anna Swanwick, Henry George Bohn (1860). “Dramatic works of Goethe: comprising Faust, Iphigenia in Tauris, Torquato Tasso, Egmont”, p.273 Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.

336 books. view quotes. May 06, 2015 12:49PM. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von — ‘Everyone holds his fortune in his own hands, like a sculptor the raw material he will fashion into a figure. 493 books. view quotes. Apr 28, 2012 02:51AM. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — ‘Nothing is worth more than this day. You cannot relive yesterday. Tomorrow is still beyond your reach.’. Learn from the words of one of the greatest literary figures of his age, who wrote Faust, a masterpiece of drama and romance. Discover his insights on courage, imagination, courage, and how to live a full and happy life. 76 books. view quotes. Feb 14, 2013 02:24PM. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — ‘Anything you can do, or dream you do, begin it: boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.’. 25 Sourced Quotes. View all Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes. Truth is a torch but a tremendous one. That is why we hurry past it, shielding our eyes, indeed, in fear of getting burned. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. War is in truth a disease in which the juices that serve health and maintenance are used for the sole purpose of nourishing It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Literature, Fool, Merit. All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Life, Spring, Tree. Common sense is the genius of humanity. Happiness, Teaching, Use. If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Happiness, Uplifting, Smart. Nine requisites for contented living: Health enough to make work a pleasure.
This quote demonstrates Werther's feeling the world is too rich, confusing, and complex to be understood by logic alone. 4. Lend me your pistols for my journey. Werther, Book 1, Letters from June 16–September 10, 1771. With these words Werther requests Albert lend him pistols for self-defense as he travels.
J ohann Wolfgang von Goethe has always been shortchanged in the English-speaking world, and one Stanford alum (he got his PhD in 2000) wants to do something about it. Tino Markworth has also studied in Bielefeld (Germany) where he taught in the University of Bielefeld’s Philosophy Department, in London and in Washington, D.C. He also studied
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