Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Spiritual Quotes

98 quotes · Poet, Playwright, Novelist

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

All Philosophical Wise Creative Love Spiritual 98 quotes · page 7 of 9

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Poet, Playwright, Novelist

Spiritual

“Do people conform to the instructions of us old ones? Each thinks he must know best about himself, and thus many are lost entirely.”

People Thinking Advice

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Poet, Playwright, Novelist

Spiritual

“All one needs to do is declare oneself free and one will immediately feel dependent. If you dare to declare yourself dependent, you feel independent.”

Needs Independent Independence

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Spiritual

“Faith is hidden household capital.”

Household

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Spiritual

“If ever the Divine appeared on earth, it was in the person of Christ.”

Christian Jesus

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Spiritual

“You shall abstain, shall abstain. That is the eternal song.”

Song Eternal

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“He only fears men who does not know them, and he who avoids them will soon misjudge them.”

Men Doe

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Spiritual

“The present moment is a powerful goddess.”

Inspirational Powerful

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Spiritual

“As for solitude, I cannot understand how certain people seek to lay claim to intellectual stature, nobility of soul and strength of character, yet have not the slightest feeling for seclusion; for solitude, I maintain, when joined with a quiet contemplation of nature, a serene and conscious faith in creation and the Creator, and a few vexations from outside is the only school for a mind of lofty endowment.”

People Character School

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Spiritual

“As to the value of conversions, God alone can judge. God alone can know how wide are the steps which the soul has to take before it can approach to a community with Him, to the dwelling of the perfect, or to the intercourse and friendship of higher natures.”

Perfect Judging Dwelling

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“For usually people resist as long as they can to dismiss the fool they harbor in their bosom, they resist to confess a major mistake or to admit a truth that makes them despair.”

People Long Mistake

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Spiritual

“Help me to discover Thy truth, O Lord, and preserve me from those who have already found it”

Helping Lord Help Me

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“Nature is so perfect that the Trinity couldn't have fashioned her any more perfect. She is an organ on which our Lord plays and the devil works the bellows.”

Play God Nature

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