126 Quotes By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on good

In art the best is good enough.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on good

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on government

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on government

Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on government

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on great

Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on great

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on great

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on great

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on great

The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on happiness

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on happiness

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on happiness

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on home

Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses at home.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on home

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on hope

Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on hope

Few people have the imagination for reality.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on imagination

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on imagination

Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on inspirational