I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator. Johann Von Goethe on beliefs
Every step of life shows much caution is required. Johann Von Goethe on caution
What I possess I would gladly retain. Change amuses the mind, yet scarcely profits. Johann Von Goethe on change
The coward only threatens when he is safe. Johann Von Goethe on cowardice
To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us. Johann Von Goethe on culture
Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time. Johann Von Goethe on death
Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds. Johann Von Goethe on desire
Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time. Johann Von Goethe on eternity
Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow. Johann Von Goethe on growth
The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life. Johann Von Goethe on happiness
Beware of dissipating your powers; strive constantly to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but it is sure to repent every ill-judged outlay. Johann Von Goethe on intelligence
For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is. Johann Von Goethe on intelligence
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. Johann Von Goethe on life
The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation. Johann Von Goethe on literature
It is equally a mistake to hold one's self too high, or to rate one's self too cheap. Johann Von Goethe on pride
Progress has not followed a straight ascending line, but a spiral with rhythms of progress and retrogression, of evolution and dissolution. Johann Von Goethe on progress