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
If you have any faith, give me, for heaven's sake, a share of it! Your doubts you may keep to yourself, for I have a plenty of my own
There is no permanence in doubt; it incites the mind to closer inquiry and experiment, from which, if rightly managed, certainty proceeds, and in this alone can man find thorough satisfaction.
I will listen to anyone's convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself.
Most pioneers are at the mercy of doubt at the beginning, whether of their worth, of their theories, or of the whole enigmatic field in which they labour.
With knowledge grows doubt.
Give me the benefit of your convictions, if you have any; but keep your doubts to yourself, for I have enough of my own.
The greater the knowledge, the greater the doubt.
Don't give us your doubts, gives us your certainties, for we have doubts enough of our own.
With knowledge comes more doubt.
We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.
If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own.
Doubt grows with knowledge.
Doubt can only be removed by action.
When all is said the greatest action is to limit and isolate one's self.