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 28 of 50

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Poet, Playwright, Novelist

Philosophical

“True observers of nature, although they may think differently, will still agree that everything that is, everything that is observable as a phenomenon, can only exhibit itself in one of two ways. It is either a primal polarity that is able to unify, or it is a primal unity that is able to divide. The operation of nature consists of splitting the united or uniting the divided; this is the eternal movement of systole and diastole of the heartbeat, the inhalation and exhalation of the world in which we live, act, and exist.”

Thinking Heart Life

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Poet, Playwright, Novelist

Grateful

“Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise. She is cunning, but for good ends. She has brought me here and will also lead me away. She may scold me, but she will not hate her work. I trust her.”

Hate Wise Nature

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Philosophical

“Everything is simpler than you think and at the same time more complex than you imagine”

Thinking Time

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Creative

“We can really respect a man only if he doesn't always look out for himself.”

Men Character

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Courageous

“The person who in shaky times also wavers only increases the evil, but the person of firm decision fashions the universe.”

Evil Fashion Decision

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Love

“To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed That can make life a garden.”

Life Friendship Marriage

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Wise

“A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.”

Literature Self Esteem

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Wise

“To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability.”

Inspirational Advice

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Philosophical

“Who are you then?" "I am part of that power which eternally wills evil and eternally works good.”

Evil Faust

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Philosophical

“Nature goes her own way, and all that to us seems an exception is really according to order.”

Order Science Nature

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Courageous

“He alone deserves liberty and life who daily must win them anew.”

Winning Liberty

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Inspired

“If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.”

Children Should Have

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