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
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
The solution of every problem is another problem
Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it.
To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult.
There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.
Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.
There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art, and no surer method of linking oneself to it than by Art.
Everywhere, we learn only from those whom we love.
Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.
The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.
No prudent antagonist thinks light of his adversaries.
There is no better deliverance from the world than through art, and a man can form no surer bond with it.
Faith is like private capital, stored in one's own house. It is like a public savings bank or loan office, from which individuals receive assistance in their days of need; but here the creditor quietly takes his interest for himself.
There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.