Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann WolfgangGoethetə/; German: ; 28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour; and four novels. In addition, numerous literary and scientific fragments, more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings by him exist...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth28 August 1749
CountryGermany
Human beings, by change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.
Genius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of human life
Genius develops in quiet places, character out in the full current of human life
I am not omniscient, but much is known to me.
How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflection? Never; but only through action. Strive to do thy duty; then you shall know what is in thee.
If you treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.
If you treat an individual as he is, he will stay as he is, but if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.
If youth is a fault, it is one which is soon corrected
If your treat an individual ... as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.
If you start to think about your physical or moral condition, you usually find that you are sick
If you would create something, you must be something
In all things it is better to hope than to despair
The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth.
The first and last thing required of genius is, love of the truth.