Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ( 10 of 179 )
Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace and power in read more
Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace and power in it.
It is in self-imitation that a master first shows himself.
It is in self-imitation that a master first shows himself.
Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.
Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.
He who has a firm will molds the world to himself.
He who has a firm will molds the world to himself.
If you start to think about your physical or moral condition, you usually find that you are sick.
If you start to think about your physical or moral condition, you usually find that you are sick.
Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish
the barriers of nationality.
[Ger., Wissenschaft read more
Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish
the barriers of nationality.
[Ger., Wissenschaft und Kunst gehoren der Welt an, und vor ihhen
verschwinden die Schranken der Nationalitat.]
For the nature of women is closely allied to art
For the nature of women is closely allied to art
The coward only threatens when he is safe.
[Ger., Der Fiege droht nur, wo er sicher ist.]
The coward only threatens when he is safe.
[Ger., Der Fiege droht nur, wo er sicher ist.]
Nothing is more revolting than the majority; for it consists of few vigorous predecessors, of knaves who accommodate themselves, of read more
Nothing is more revolting than the majority; for it consists of few vigorous predecessors, of knaves who accommodate themselves, of weak people who assimilate themselves, and the mass that toddles after them without knowing in the least what it wants
Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even read more
Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were his own.
