Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"I love those who yearn for the impossible."
180 Quotes
"There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Those who have never seen themselves surrounded on all sides by the sea can never possess an idea of the world, and of their relation to it."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"One who has passed the thirtieth yearalready is as good as dead--it would be best to kill you off by then."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be."
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
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
"There is no higher or purer pleasure than to sit with closed eyes and hear a naturally expressive voice recite... a play of Shakespeare's."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Here too it’s masquerade, I find: As everywhere, the dance of mind. I grasped a lovely masked procession,And caught things from a horror show…I’d gladly settle for a false impression,If it would last a little longer, though."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"What you inherit from your fathermust first be earned before it's yours."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"When he comes to the doorhe always looks mocking and half-way angry. You can see he has sympathy for nothing. It's written on his foreheadthat he can love no one."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Being full of mischief, they love to listen;they gladly obey, for they like to betray you,pretending to be sent from Heaven,and lisping like angels, while they lie."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Glib tongues frill up their hash of knowledgefor mankind in polished speechesthat are no more than vaporous windsrustling the fallen leaves in autumn."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Men grieve [Mephistopheles] so with the days of their lamenting, [he] even hate[s] to plague them with [his] torments."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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