Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ( 10 of 179 )
The decline in literature indicates a decline in the nation. The two keep pace in their downward tendency.
The decline in literature indicates a decline in the nation. The two keep pace in their downward tendency.
Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
The trouble is small, the fun is great.
[Ger., Die Muh'ist klein, der Spass ist gross.]
The trouble is small, the fun is great.
[Ger., Die Muh'ist klein, der Spass ist gross.]
He who moves not forward goes backward!
A capital saying!
He who moves not forward goes backward!
A capital saying!
The sagacious reader who is capable of reading between these
lines what does not stand written in them, but read more
The sagacious reader who is capable of reading between these
lines what does not stand written in them, but is nevertheless
implied, will be able to form some conception.
This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each read more
This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
Cursed Mammon be, when he with treasures
To restless action spurs our fate!
Cursed when for soft, read more
Cursed Mammon be, when he with treasures
To restless action spurs our fate!
Cursed when for soft, indulgent leisures,
He lays for us the pillows straight.
A good man, through obscurest aspirations
Has still an instinct of the one true way.
[Ger., Ein read more
A good man, through obscurest aspirations
Has still an instinct of the one true way.
[Ger., Ein guter Mensch, in seinem dunkeln Drange,
Ist sich des rechten Weges sohl bewusst.]
Doubt can only be removed by action.
Doubt can only be removed by action.
