How often do I lull my seething blood to rest, for you have never seen anything so unsteady, so uncertain, as this heart. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe More Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe More Quotes From Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I have learned much from disease which life could have never taught me anywhere else. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe i-have-learned taught disease The follies of the wise man are known to himself, but hidden from the world. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe foolish-man wise men As in Rome there is, apart from the Romans, a population of statues, so apart from this real world there is a world of illusion, almost more potent, in which most men live. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe rome real men When you lose interest in anything, you also lose the memory for it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe loses interest memories Hatred is a heavy burden. It sinks the heart deep in the breast, and lies like a tombstone on all joys. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe tombstone heart lying Art rests on a kind of religious sense, on a deep, steadfast earnestness; and on this account it unites so readily with religion. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe kind religious art Happy contractedness of youth, nay, of mankind in general, that they think neither of the high nor the deep, of the true nor the false, but only of what is suited to their own conceptions. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe mankind youth thinking Let us seek to fathom those things that are fathomable and reserve those things which are unfathomable for reverence in quietude. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe fathom unfathomable reverence That which thy fathers have bequeathed to thee, earn it anew if thou wouldst possess it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe thee ifs father A phenomenon like Mozart remains an inexplicable thing. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe inexplicable phenomenon remains Enthusiasm is of the greatest value, so long as we are not carried away by it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe carried-away enthusiasm long Men in a state of nature, uncivilized nations, children, have a great fondness for colors in their utmost brightness, and especially for yellow-red. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe yellow men children Should I not be proud, when for twenty years I have had to admit to myself that the great Newton and all the mathematicians and noble calculators along with him were involved in a decisive error with respect to the doctrine of color, and that I among millions was the only one who knew what was right in this great subject of nature? Johann Wolfgang von Goethe errors color years The absence of temptation is the absence of virtue. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe virtue temptation absence This is what they all come to who exclusively harp on experience. They do not stop to consider that experience is only one half of experience. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe one-half harps half Those only obtain love, for the most part, who seek it not. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe What must the English and French think of the language of our philosophers when we Germans do not understand it ourselves? Johann Wolfgang von Goethe philosopher language thinking Art is a mediator of the unspeakable. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe mediators art-is art What is the path? There is no path. On into the unknown. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe path The nude is the perfect expression of freedom. Freedom to be. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe expression perfect
