The poet should seize the Particular, and he should, if there be anything sound in it, thus represent the Universal. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe More Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe More Quotes From Johann Wolfgang von Goethe True love is love that stays constant for ever, whatever it's fortune; whether requited or scored, filled or sent empty away. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe emptyfortunelove-is To have a positive religion is not necessary. To be in harmony with yourself and the universe is what counts, and this is possible without positive and specific formulation in words. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe harmonyatheistreligion There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe deceitselflying Energy is the basis of everything. Every Jew, no matter how insignificant, is engaged in some decisive and immediate pursuit of a goal... It is the most perpetual people of the earth. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe israelgoalpeople The solution of every problem is another problem Johann Wolfgang von Goethe logicproblemmath Investigate what is, and not what pleases. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe please Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe politicalsoundwar How can you come to know yourself? Never by thinking, always by doing. Try to do your duty, and you'll know right away what you amount to. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe know-yourselftryingthinking Nothing is worth more than this day. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe carpe-diembad-daygarden Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe caringchallengesinspirational He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe dreamlovelife The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe drinkingclevermen People should talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speech altogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to say visually. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe naturelisteningpeople Doubt can only be removed by action. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe doubtfearmotivational Doubt grows with knowledge. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe growsdoubtwar Not all that is presented to us as history has really happened; and what really happened did not actually happen the way it is presented to us; moreover, what really happened is only a small part of all that happened. Everything in history remains uncertain, the largest events as well as the smallest occurrence. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe eventshistoryway Hope is the second soul of the unhappy. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe unhappysoulhope It is not enough to take steps which may someday lead to a goal; each step must be itself a goal and a step likewise. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe successrunninglife Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe scienceworldart Someone criticized an elderly man for wooing young women. He replied that that was the only way to rejuvenation, which was, afterall, everybody's wish. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe elderlywishmen
