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 Fools and wise men are equally harmless. It is the half-fools and half-wise that are dangerous. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe half wise men As long as you don't practice it, this dying and becoming, You are only a dreary guest on this dark earth. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe courage dark inspirational The child, offered the mother's breast, Will not in the beginning grab it; But soon it clings to it with zest. And thus at wisdom's copious breasts You'll drink each day with greater zest. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wisdom mother children Three things are to be looked to in a building: that it stand on the right spot; that it is securely founded; that it be successfully executed. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe three-things execution success Accepting good advice means nothing other than to strengthen one's own ability. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe accepting advice mean Art is constitutive-the artist determines beauty. He does not take it over. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe determine doe art The ideal of beauty is simplicity and tranquility. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe tranquility simplicity beauty Do not, I beg you, look for anything behind phenomena. They are themselves their own lesson. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe lessons looks religion Seize this very minute. What you can do or dream you can do, begin it. Begin it and the work will be completed Johann Wolfgang von Goethe minutes dream can-do Since I have heard often enough that everyone in the end has his own religion, nothing seemed more natural to me than to fashion my own. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe fashion enough religion In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe learning study education As for solitude, I cannot understand how certain people seek to lay claim to intellectual stature, nobility of soul and strength of character, yet have not the slightest feeling for seclusion; for solitude, I maintain, when joined with a quiet contemplation of nature, a serene and conscious faith in creation and the Creator, and a few vexations from outside is the only school for a mind of lofty endowment. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe character people school These auspicious aspects, which the astrologers subsequently interpreted for me, may have been the causes of my preservation. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe astrology causes may It is the great triumph of genius to make the common appear novel. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe triumph genius common To act is easy; to think is hard. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe hard easy thinking Good children's literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe adults literature children Know'st thou the land where the lemon-trees bloom, Where the gold orange glows in the deep thicket's gloom, Where a wind ever soft from the blue heaven blows, And the groves are of laurel and myrtle and rose! Johann Wolfgang von Goethe blow blue wind Happy the man who early learns the wide chasm that lies between his wishes and his powers. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wish men lying A plant is like a self-willed man, out of whom we can obtain all which we desire, if we will only treat him his own way. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe agriculture self men Smoothly and lightly the golden seed by the furrow is covered. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe agriculture covered golden
