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
People of uncommon abilities generally fall into eccentricities when their sphere of life is not adequate to their abilities.
If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.
Nothing is worth more than this day. You cannot relive yesterday. Tomorrow is still beyond your reach.
We are shaped and fashioned by what we love
What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
A great artist... must be shaken by the naked truths that will not be comforted. This divine discontent, this disequilibrium, this state of inner tension is the source of artistic energy.
Mankind? That is an abstraction. There have always been and always will be only individuals.
Take life too seriously, and what is it worth? If the morning wake us to no new joys, if the evening bring us not the hope of new pleasure, is it worthwhile to dress and undress?
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.
Correction does much, but encouragement does more.
I love those who yearn for the impossible.
At the moment of commitment the entire universe conspires to assist you.
The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.