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 The nude is the perfect expression of freedom. Freedom to be. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe expression perfect Man knows himself only insofar as he knows the world, becoming aware of it if only within himself, and of himself self only within it. Each new subject, well observed, opens up within us a new organ of thought. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe self men world It is a misfortune to pass at once from observation to conclusion, and to regard both as of equal value; but it befalls many a student. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe observation equal students It is bad governments, not bad people, who cause revolutions. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe revolution government people Perseverance is a silent power that grows irresistibly greater with time. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe silent perseverance grows The soul-stirring image of death is no bugbear to the sage, and is looked on without despair by the pious. It teaches the former to live, and it strengthens the hopes of the latter in salvation in the midst of distress. Death is new life to both. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe despair new-life soul But the valid issue is the extent to which man knows how to form and master the material at his command. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe issues form men Thus I reel from desire to fulfillment and in fulfillment languish for desire. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe languish fulfillment desire A true German can't stand the French, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe drink wine It is better to be doing the most insignificant thing than to reckon even a half-hour insignificant. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe insignificant-things hours half A lot of people do not care about your money until nearly penniless. They also do so with time Johann Wolfgang von Goethe care people Man errs, till he has ceased to strive. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe strive men All that is alive tends toward color, individuality, specificity, effectiveness and opacity. All that is done with life inclines toward knowledge, abstraction, generality transfiguration and transparency. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe effectiveness individuality color We have time enough if we but use it aright Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ifs use enough No limit, no definition, may restrict the range or depth of the human spirit's passage into its own secrets or the world's. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe depth secret world To know where a thing is we must have found it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe found knows In art it's not the thinking that does the job, but making. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe jobs art thinking It is working within limits that the craftsman reveals himself. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe craftsman limits When one is polite in German, one lies. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe polite lying I have often reaped what others have sowed. My work is the work of a collective being that bears the name Goethe. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe collectives names bears
