Nature knows no pause in progress and development,
and attaches her curse on all inaction.
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain
in our view we love to walk the plains.
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be,
and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must
regard himself as greater than he is.
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe German poet dramatist, novelist, and scientist
There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love.
From it springs purest courtesy in the outward behavior.
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
We should quietly hear both sides.
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
In all things it is better to hope than to despair.
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
One ought, everyday, to hear a song, read a fine poem, and,
if possible, to speak a few reasonable words
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Certain flaws are necessary for the whole.
It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille,
Sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt
[Talent develops in quiet places,
character in the full current of human life.]
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
When ideas fail, words come in very handy.
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free.
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If you miss the first buttonhole, you will not succeed in buttoning up your coat.
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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