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
Beware of dissipating your powers; strive constantly to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but it is sure to repent every ill-judged outlay.
How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflection? Never; but only through action. Strive to do thy duty; then you shall know what is in thee.
Who strives always to the utmost, him can we save.
Man's restlessness makes him strive.
Man must strive, and striving he must err.
We can redeem anyone who strives unceasingly.
Man errs, till he has ceased to strive.
Beware of dissipating your powers; strive constantly to concentrate them.
A good person, striving dimly, Is well aware of the right path.
The one who always strives, That one can be redeemed.
One errs as long as one strives.
A person is never happy till their vague strivings has itself marked out its proper limitations.
We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.
When all is said the greatest action is to limit and isolate one's self.