Everything which is properly business we must keep carefully separate from life. Business requires earnestness and method; life must have a freed handling. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe More Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe More Quotes From Johann Wolfgang von Goethe New inventions can and will be made; however, nothing new can be thought of that concerns moral man. Everything has already been thought and said which at best we can express in different forms and give new expressions to. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe expression giving men As soon as you are in a social setting, you better take away the key to the lock of your heart and pocket it; those who leave thekey in the lock are fools. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe society keys heart One needs only to get old to become milder; I don't see anyone make a mistake I hadn't also made. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe age mistake needs It doesn't behoove elderly persons to follow fashion in their thinking nor in the way they dress. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe elderly fashion thinking We can most safely achieve truly universal tolerance when we respect that which is characteristic in the individual and in nations, clinging, though, to the conviction that the truly meritorious is unique by belonging to all of mankind. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe individual tolerance unique One criticizes the English for carrying their teapots wherever they go, even lugging them up Mount Etna. But doesn't every nationhave its teapot, in which, even when traveling, it brews the dried bundles of herbs brought from home? Johann Wolfgang von Goethe herbs tolerance home Superstition belongs to the essence of mankind and takes refuge, when one thinks one has suppressed it completely, in the strangest nooks and crannies; once it is safely ensconced there, it suddenly reappears. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe superstitions essence thinking We are pantheists as natural scientists, polytheists as poets, and monotheists as moral beings. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe scientist moral poet Thus one can observe that those who proclaim piety as their goal and purpose usually turn into hypocrites. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe purpose hypocrite goal All one needs to do is declare oneself free and one will immediately feel dependent. If you dare to declare yourself dependent, you feel independent. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe independence independent needs The greatest step forward would be to see that everything factual is already theory. The blueness of the sky reveals the basic lawof chromatics. Don't look for anything behind the phenomena, they themselves are the doctrine. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe doctrine steps sky Why go further and further, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe luck looks The miller believes that all the wheat grows so that his mill keeps running. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wheat running believe Our foibles are really what make us lovable. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe foibles lovable weakness The most damaging prejudice consists of banning any kind of investigation of nature. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe bans prejudice kind If one mistreats citizens of foreign countries, one infringes upon one's duty toward one's own subjects; for thus one exposes themto the law of retribution. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe citizens law country A good person, striving dimly, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe good-person strive path There are people who pay attention to the weaknesses of their friends; that is to no avail. I have always closely watched and profited from the strengths of my adversaries. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe weakness pay people Paternity is based anyhow only upon conviction: I am convinced, therefore, I am the father. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe convinced conviction father One doesn't always lose when one has to do without. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe loses
