Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quotes

The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
A person hears only what they understand.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The coward threatens when he is safe.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What government is the best That which teaches us to govern ourselves.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
One cannot always be a hero, but one can always be a human. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We can't form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love them as God gives them to us.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Behaviour is a mirror in which everyone shows his image.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I love those who yearn for the impossible.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Piety is not an end but a means to attain by the greatest peace of mind the highest degree of culture.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A useless life is an early death. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
Modern poets put a lot of water into their ink.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Superstition is the poetry of life.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe