More Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
All theory is gray, my friend. But forever green is the tree of life.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
It's true that nothing in this world makes us so necessary to others as the affection we have for them.
