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
There would be far less suffering in the world if human beings-God knows why they are made like this-did not use their imaginations so busily in recalling the memories of past misfortunes, instead of trying to bear an indifferent present.
Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.
Talent develops in tranquillity, character in the full current of human life.
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
We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like.
Could we perfect human nature, we might also expect a perfect state of things.
One must be something to be able to do something.
Superstition is a part of the very being of humanity; and when we fancy that we are banishing it altogether, it takes refuge in the strangest nooks and corners, and then suddenly comes forth again, as soon as it believes itself at all safe.
Human life-everybody lives it, but only to a few is it known.
Humans fear reason, but they ought to fear stupidity- for reason can be hard, but stupidity can be fatal.
What is part of you, you cannot get rid of, even if you were to throw it away.
The shudder of awe is humanity's highest faculty, Even though this world is forever altering its values.