Devote each day to the object then in time and every evening will find something done. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own advantage in all that happens to them. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
