More Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.
Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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.
If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.
If you've never eaten while crying you don t know what life tastes like.
Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
It's true that nothing in this world makes us so necessary to others as the affection we have for them.
