Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

"Character develops itself in the stream of life."

"Character develops itself in the stream of life."

"The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art."

"The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art."

"Personality is everything in art and poetry."

"It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself."

"There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings."

"What is important in life is life, and not the result of life."

"In art the best is good enough."

"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 I love you, what business is it of yours?"

"If you've never eaten while crying you don t know what life tastes like."

"If you've never eaten while crying you don t know what life tastes like."

"Love can do much, but duty more."

"Know thyself? If I knew myself, I'd run away."

"By seeking and blundering we learn."

"By seeking and blundering we learn."

"Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes."

"Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes."

"The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality."

"The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do."

"I love those who yearn for the impossible."

"I love those who yearn for the impossible."

"Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds."

"Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds."

"The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it."