Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

1.7K quotes · Poet, Playwright, Novelist

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

All Philosophical Wise Creative Love Spiritual 1.7K quotes · page 23 of 50

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Poet, Playwright, Novelist

Creative

“For the nature of a women is closely allied to art. [Ger., Denn das Naturell der Frauen Ist so nah mit Kunst verwandt.]”

Art Women Mit

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Poet, Playwright, Novelist

Anxious

“Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.”

Heart Giving Sensitive Person

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Motivated

“What you can do, or think you can, begin it.”

Thinking Gymnastics

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Courageous

“No prudent antagonist thinks light of his adversaries.”

Thinking Light

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Spiritual

“If we examine every stage of our lives, we find that from our first breath to our last we are under the constraint of circumstances. And yet we still possess the greatest of all freedoms, the power of developing our innermost selves in harmony with the moral order of the universe, and so winning peace of heart whatever obstacles we meet.”

Heart Self Winning

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Determined

“Everyone holds his fortune in his own hands, like a sculptor the raw material he will fashion into a figure. But it's the same with that type of artistic activity as with all others: We are merely born with the capability to do it. The Skill to mold the material into what we want must be learned and attentively cultivated.”

Hands Fashion Skills

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Creative

“In every artist there is a touch of audacity without which no talent is conceivable.”

Artist Talent

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Philosophical

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

Thinking Knowing

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Confident

“He who is and remains true to himself and to others has the most attractive quality of the greatest talent.”

Life Happiness Quality

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Melancholic

“Man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates him or passes by him and leaves him apathetic”

Men Suffering Degrees

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Hopeful

“Nothing is worth more than this day.”

Garden Carpe Diem

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Courageous

“Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.”

Envy

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