More Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.
I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.
I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
If you've never eaten while crying you don t know what life tastes like.
