Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann WolfgangGoethetə/; German: ; 28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour; and four novels. In addition, numerous literary and scientific fragments, more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings by him exist...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth28 August 1749
CountryGermany
If you treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.
Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.
He is the happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home
Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
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
One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if possible, speak a few reasonable words
My peace is gone, my heart is heavy.
has played a powerful part in shaping the opinions of the group of intellectuals who are behind Hitler in the epoch-making program.
Poetic fire sank low in me When it was God I sought to see, But up it flamed, up to the sky, When it was Evil I had to fly
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together
For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is
If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that
There would be far less suffering in the world if human beings-God knows why they are made like this-did not use their imaginations so busily in recalling the memories of past misfortunes, instead of trying to bear an indifferent present.