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
Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes.
Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
He loves not who does not see the faults of the beloved as virtues.
When you are in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude. We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like.
Noble be man, Helpful and good! For that alone Sets him apart From every other creature On earth.
The aim of living is life itself.
Everyone only hears what he understands.
Talents are nurtured best in solitude, But character on life's tempestuous seas!
It is a great error to take oneself for more than one is, or for less than one is worth.
Beauty and Genius must be kept afar if one would avoid becoming their slave.
Light has called forth one organ to become its like, and thus the eye is formed by the light and for the light so that the inner light may emerge to meet the outer light.
The history of a man is in his character.
If you want to get pleasure out of life, you must attach value to the world.
Higher yet and higher out of clouds and night, nearer yet and nearer rising to the light - light, serene and holy where my soul may rest, purified and lowly, sanctified and blest.