Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

• The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Wisdom, Moving, Believe

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• We must not take the faults of our youth with us into old age, for age brings along its own defects.

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  Time, Age, Faults

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• Why look for conspiracy when stupidity can explain so much

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  Stupidity, Looks, Conspiracy

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• Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success.

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  Inspirational, Courage, Commitment

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• A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.

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  Wise, Dream, Attitude

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• To the world you might be one person, but to one person, you might be the world. Kindness is the golden chain by which our world is bound together.

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  Kindness, Our World, Together

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• If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.

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  Happiness, Uplifting, Smart

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• You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

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  Loyalty, Respect, Honesty

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• At the moment of commitment the entire universe conspires to assist you.

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  Commitment, Moments, Universe

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  Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.

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  Inspirational, Song, Intelligence

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• None are so hopelessly enslaved, as those who falsely believe they are free. The truth has been kept from the depth of their minds by masters who rule them with lies. They feed them on falsehoods till wrong looks like right in their eyes.

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  Lying, Believe, Eye

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• Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.

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  Crazy, Personality, Insanity

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

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  Heart, Sensitive Person, Giving

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• Nothing is more disgusting than the majority: because it consists of a few powerful predecessors, of rogues who adapt themselves, of weak who assimilate themselves, and the masses who imitate without knowing at all what they want.

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  Powerful, Knowing, Majority

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• Enjoy what you can, endure what you must.

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  Advice, Enjoy, Endure

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• There are two things parents should give their children roots and wings. Roots to give them bearing and a sense of belonging, but also wings to help free them from constraints and prejudices and give them other ways to travel (or rather, to fly).

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  Children, Wings, Two

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• The ideal of beauty is simplicity and tranquility.

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  Beauty, Simplicity, Tranquility

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1853). “Goethe's Opinions on the World, Mankind, Literature, Science, and Art”, p.76

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• To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult.

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  Business, Integrity, Thinking

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• Nothing is worth more than this day. You cannot relive yesterday. Tomorrow is still beyond your reach.

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  Time, Yesterday, Mindfulness

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• I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather....In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or is dehumanized.

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  Integrity, Weather, Climate

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  There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

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  Xenophobia, Business, Ignorance

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, W. B. Rönnfeldt (1898*). “Goethe's Criticisms, Reflections, and Maxims”

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• Nine requisites for contented living: Health enough to make work a pleasure. Wealth enough to support your needs. Strength to battle with difficulties and overcome them. Grace enough to confess your sins and forsake them. Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished. Charity enough to see some good in your neighbor. Love enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others. Faith enough to make real the things of God. Hope enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future.

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  Love, Life, Happiness

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• People who think honestly and deeply have a hostile attitude towards the public.

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  Inspirational, Positive, Attitude

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• Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

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  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1853). “Goethe's Opinions on the World, Mankind, Literature, Science, and Art”, p.55

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