Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Philosophical Quotes

420 quotes · Poet, Playwright, Novelist

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Poet, Playwright, Novelist

Philosophical

“Science has been seriously retarded by the study of what is not worth knowing and of what is not knowable.”

Science Knowing Study

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Poet, Playwright, Novelist

Philosophical

“Everything perfect in its kind has to transcend its own kind, it must become something different and incomparable. In some notes the nightingale is still a bird; then it rises above its class and seems to suggest to every winged creature what singing is truly like.”

Perfect Class Bird

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Philosophical

“Our senses don't deceive us: our judgment does”

Doe Judging

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Philosophical

“If you wish to advance into the infinite, explore the finite in all directions.”

Wish Infinite

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Philosophical

“We are so constituted that we believe the most incredible things; and, once they are engraved upon the memory, woe to him who would endeavor to erase them.”

Believe Memories Atheism

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Philosophical

“Whenever I hear people talking about liberal ideas, I am always astounded that men should love to fool themselves with empty sounds. An idea should never be liberal; it must be vigorous, positive, and without loose ends so that it may fulfill its divine mission and be productive.”

Men Love Talking

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Philosophical

“We are our own devils; we drive ourselves out of our Edens.”

Heaven Devil

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Philosophical

“Every spoken word arouses our self-will.”

Self Literature

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Philosophical

“Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.”

Thinking Knowing

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Philosophical

“Sceptics are yet the most credulous.”

Skepticism Sceptic

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Philosophical

“There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.”

Terrible Insight

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Philosophical

“To a valet no man is a hero.”

Men Hero

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