Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Germany
28 Aug 1749 // 22 Mar 1832
Poet / Novelist / Humanist / Scientist / Philosopher
28 Aug 1749 // 22 Mar 1832
Poet / Novelist / Humanist / Scientist / Philosopher
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Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever
Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent
Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live
All things are only transitory
All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green
All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own
All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again
Age merely shows what children we remain
A useless life is an early death
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays