More Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
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.
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.
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.
We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
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.
