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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes


He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.

He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he is quite unworthy of it.

He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs religion.

I call architecture frozen music.

I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator.

I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.

I love those who yearn for the impossible.

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that shows that what I say is true.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

I will listen to anyone's convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself.

If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect and performance shall be different.

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own.

If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.

If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.

If I love you, what business is it of yours?

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own.

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that you are sick.

If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.

If your 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.