More Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
All theory is gray, my friend. But forever green is the tree of life.
We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
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.
It's true that nothing in this world makes us so necessary to others as the affection we have for them.
Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
