Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Germany
28 Aug 1749 // 22 Mar 1832
Poet / Novelist / Humanist / Scientist / Philosopher
28 Aug 1749 // 22 Mar 1832
Poet / Novelist / Humanist / Scientist / Philosopher
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What is important in life is life, and not the result of life
We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases
We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for
We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves
Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves
To rule is easy, to govern difficult
To create something you must be something
Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this
This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew
Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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Essays