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
It is in self-imitation that a master first shows himself.
Mastery is often taken for egotism.
The real scholar learns how to evolve the unknown from the known, and draws near the master.
You must be either the servant or the master, the hammer or the anvil.
two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.
Mastery passes often for egotism.
The master proves himselin recognizing his limitations.
Mastery is proven only in limitation, and law alone can give us freedom.
Whatever liberates our spirit, without also giving us mastery over ourselves, is destructive.
Habit is the most imperious of all masters.
The confidant of my vices is my master, though he were my valet.
When all is said the greatest action is to limit and isolate one's self.
I've studied now Philosophy and Jurisprudence, Medicine - and even, alas! Theology - from end to end with labor keen; and here, poor fool with all my lore I stand, no wiser than before.
I've studied now Philosophy and Jurisprudence, Medicine -- and even, alas! Theology -- from end to end with labor keen; and here, poor fool with all my lore I stand, no wiser than before.