More than 100 Goethe phrases , Poet, novelist, playwright, German scientist and one of the founders of Romanticism.
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1-Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and putting thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.
2-I love those who crave the impossible.
3-The magic is to believe in yourself, if you can do that, you can do anything.
4-Love and desire are the wings of the spirit for great deeds.
5-Every day we should listen to at least one little song, read a good poem, see an exquisite image, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.
6-Knowing is not enough; We must apply. Volition is not enough; we have to do.
7-Correction does a lot, but the stimulus does more.
8-Life belongs to the living, and the living must be prepared for the changes.
9-The human mind is not limited to any limit.
10. Everyone wants to be someone; Nobody wants to grow.
11-The best government is the one that teaches us to govern ourselves.
12-Character is developed in the stream of life.
13-The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.
14. Do not dream small dreams because they have no power to move the heart of man.
15-If you treat an individual as if it were what it should be and could be, it will become what it should be and could be.
16-The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become.
17-Behavior is the mirror in which each one shows his image.
18-The talent is nourished in the solitude; Character is formed in the stormy waves of the world
19-None is more enslaved than those who falsely think they are free.
20-Man only knows himself by action.
21-There are only two lasting legacies that we can expect to give our children. One is roots, the other is wings.
22-Being bright is not a great feat if you do not respect anything.
23-You are, after all, what you are. Even if you put on a wig with thousands of curls, even if you wear high heels, you'll still be who you are.
24-Wisdom is found only in the truth.
25-A useless life is an early death.
26-A person hears only what he understands.
27-Genius is a gathering of forces of nature.
28-He who by pleasing others, against his taste and without need, fatigue running after fortune, honors or anything else, is always crazy.
29-He is happy, whether king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
30-One can be educated in society, one is inspired only in solitude.
31-He who does not think much of himself is much more appreciated than he imagines.
32-A great sacrifice is easy; Those that are difficult are the continuous small sacrifices.
33-Character is formed in the stormy waves of the world.
34-If the law has strength, more strength has shortage.
35-In the field of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm, in the real world everything is based on perseverance.
36-Nothing is worth more than today.
37-Man is made by his beliefs. As he believes, so it is.
38-Common sense is the genius of humanity.
39-Where there are no women there are no good manners.
40-What has not started today never ends tomorrow.
41-War, commerce and piracy are an inseparable trinity.
42-The man who feels fear without danger, invents the danger to justify his fear.
43-Do not give too much to feelings. An over-sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this unstable earth.
44. The soul that sees beauty can sometimes walk alone.
45. As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
46. If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.
47. Everything is needed when we miss ourselves.
48. The manners of a man are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.
49-Caution is better than cure.
50. There is nothing as terrible as activity without vision.
51-The sowing is not as difficult as the harvest.
The greatest wealth of man consists in having a mind large enough not to desire wealth.
"The intelligent man finds almost all ridiculous, the sensible man almost nothing.
54-The person who is born with a talent that is destined to use, will find his greatest happiness in its use.
55-All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; It is necessary to try to think them over again.
To create something you must be something.
57. Beauty is a manifestation of the secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.
58-Let every man slash before his own door, and everyone shall be clean.
59-Man with vision enough to admit his limitations is closer to perfection.
60-Many people do not take care of their money until it's near its end, and others do the same with their time.
61-Every beginning has its charm.
62-What is important in life is life, not the result of life.
63-The just man is the one who takes advantage of the moment.
64-The ignorant men raise questions that the sages answered a thousand years ago.
65-Doubt grows with knowledge.
66-I call architecture frozen music.
A correct answer is like a loving kiss.
68-What you can not understand, you can not possess.
69-The error is acceptable while we are young; But do not drag it into old age.
70-The coward only threatens when he is safe.
71-A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to cling to them.
72-Personality is all about art and poetry.
73-I have so much to give and my feelings towards consuming everything, I have so much, so much, and without it everything becomes nothing.
74-We know precisely when we know little, with knowledge grows doubt.
75. Love does not rule; Cultivates
76-Take advantage of the time that flies so fast, the order will teach you to save time.
77. All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life always glows green.
78. Great thoughts and pure heart, that is what we should ask of God.
79. Superstition is the poetry of life.
80-It is not doing what we like to do, but rather like what we have to do, what makes a life blessed.
81. To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods.
82-Nothing should be rated higher than the value of the day.
83-We must renounce our existence to truly exist.
84-Love can do much, but more duty.
85-Although the must ferment unpredictably, in the end it will have to give wine.
86-Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.
"Happy is he who recognizes in time that his desires do not go according to his faculties.
88-Go to foreign countries and you will know the good things that you have at home.
89-Few people have the imagination for reality.
90. The most agreeable societies are those in which there is a serene mutual respect among its members.
91-Lazy people always talk about what they are going to do, what they will do; Those who really do something do not have time to talk or do what they do.
92-A person places himself at the height of those who praise.
"Let us not ask whether we fully agree, but only if we march along the same path.
Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.
95. Destiny grants us our desires, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our desires.
96-In this life few moments are resolved with a yes or a no.
"There is nothing insignificant in the world. Everything depends on the point of view.
98-In art, the best is good enough.
99-The populace never notices the presence of the devil, even if he has already caught it by the neck.
100-Self-knowledge comes from knowing others.
101. All things are only transient.
102. Life is the infancy of our immortality.
103-A great talent finds happiness in execution.
Nothing is more terrible than seeing ignorance in action.
105-Your constant tendency is to give poetic form to reality; The others pretend to give reality to what is supposed to be poetic, to the imaginative, and so it is only inexpressive matters.
106. Evil is only in your mind and not in the external. The pure mind always sees only the good in every thing, but the evil mind is in charge of inventing evil.
107. Some defects are necessary for the existence of individuality.
108-The decadence of literature indicates the decline of a nation.
109. Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.
110-What we do has consequences. But not always fair and reasonable produces happy consequences, nor the absurd unfavorable consequences, but often the opposite happens.
-Be generous with kind words, especially about those who are absent.
112-Live dangerously and live correctly.
113. A sensible word is stunted in a hard ear.
114-Thinking is easy; To act; Transforming thoughts into acts is the most difficult.
115. Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.
116-For two to love, it is enough to separate them.
"The little man is still a man.
"Many men are never mistaken because they do not propose anything reasonable.
119. It is preached against many vices, but I know of no one who has preached against bad mood.
120-What is taken for intelligence is usually vanity and nonsense.
"What matters most should never be at the mercy of what matters least.
"Since I've been around the people all day and see what they do and how they work, I'm much happier about myself.
Why should not I confess my anguish at this moment when my being trembles and fluctuates between life and death, in which the past is projected like a flash in the dark abyss of the future, in which everything that Surrounds collapses and in which the world seems to end up with me? Do not you recognize the voice of the exhausted creature, fainting, sinking without remedy, and in spite of their useless struggle, shouting with bitterness.
"And so I continue to run after this shadowy shadow, until it leads me to the edge of the abyss, where I stop in amazement.
Art is itself noble; That is why the artist is not afraid of what is common. This, in fact, is already ennobled when you take it.
There is a strong shadow where there is a lot of light.
When one is young, one is sure to be able to construct palaces for the humanity, but, when the time comes, one has the hands available only to be able to take out his garbage.
Patriotism is the ruin of history.
All poetry is supposed to be instructive but in an imperceptible way.
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
It is in the self-limitation that a teacher first shows himself.
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
God help us, that art is long, and life short.
Everything transient is nothing more than a simple image.
One mind is enough for a thousand hands.
I have often heard that a preacher could learn much from a teacher comedian.
"If I love you, that's what you care about?"
"We do not have to visit an insane asylum to find mental disorders; Our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
Wood burns because it has the proper matter in it; And a man becomes famous because he has the right skills in it.
Whoever wants to keep a secret must hide the fact that he owns one.
The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the main part.
142- Science arose from poetry... when times change the two will be able to meet again on a higher level as friends.
Only by joy and pain does a person learn something about himself and his destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.
144- Where is the man who has the strength to be authentic and to show himself as he is?
145. He who possesses art and science has religion. He who does not have them needs religion.
146- Travel abroad and you will realize how wonderful things are that you have at home.
147- Letters are among the most significant memories a person can leave behind.
"There is nothing in the world more shameful than to settle on lies and fables.
The common man is still a man.
150. Passions are vices or virtues in their highest powers.
151. He who asks for a task to be done must be able to take sides, or not worthy of it.
152. If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, all their appearance and manner of being will be different.
No one has ever learned to know himself.
Each person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.
The credit of the advance of science has always been thanks to individuals and never to time.
"Know yourself?" If he knew me, he would run away.
Personal knowledge comes from knowing other men.
"We all have more than enough time, if we knew how to make the most of it.
"We are never further than we wish, than when we believe we have what we want.
Everything in the world will last, except for continued prosperity.