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 34 of 50

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Poet, Playwright, Novelist

Creative

“If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.”

Inspirational Motivational Literature

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Poet, Playwright, Novelist

Love

“A life without love, without the presence of the beloved, is nothing but a mere magic-lantern show. We draw out slide after slide, swiftly tiring of each, and pushing it back to make haste for the next.”

Life Love Magic

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Confident

“Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?”

Truth Honesty

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Calm

“But when all is said, the greatest art is to limit and isolate oneself.”

Art Limits

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Thoughtful

“The mind is found most acute and most uneasy in the morning. Uneasiness is, indeed, a species of sagacity - a passive sagacity. Fools are never uneasy.”

Mind Morning Fool

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Philosophical

“There is no trifling with nature; it is always true, grave, and severe; it is always in the light, and the faults and errors fall to our share. It defies incompetency, but reveals its secrets to the competent, the truthful, and the pure.”

Fall Nature Errors

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Philosophical

“Culture which smooth the whole world licks, Also unto the devil sticks.”

World Culture

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Philosophical

“Nothing is true, but that which is simple.”

Simple Simplicity

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Spiritual

“There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art, and no surer method of linking oneself to it than by Art.”

World Art Method

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Determined

“How can we know ourselves? Never by reflection, but only through action. Begin at once to do your duty and immediately you will know what is inside you.”

Action Reflection Duty

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Philosophical

“The unnatural, that too is natural.”

Wisdom Nature

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Philosophical

“The threshold is the place of expectation.”

Expectations Threshold

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