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Letter "J" » Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
«The solution of every problem is another problem»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Problems,
Solution
| Keywords:
solution
«Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time.»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
behind, conquer, dare, leave, leave behind, mighty, rest, sublime, sweeping, sweep over, sweep through, sweep up
«Time does not relinquish its rights, either over human beings or over mountains»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
relinquish, relinquished, relinquishing
«The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but to know someone here and there who thinks and feels with us, and though distant, is close to us in spirit - this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
World
| Keywords:
cities, close to, distant, here and there, inhabited, rivers
«We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like.»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Relationships
| Keywords:
come to, find out, get to, go to
«For the nature of women is closely allied to art»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Nature
| Keywords:
allied, closely
«From inaccessible mountain range by way of desert untrod by human foot to the ends of the unknown seas, the breath of the everlasting creative spirit is felt, rejoicing over every speck of dust that hearkens to it and lives»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
everlasting, hearkening, hearkens, human foot, inaccessible, mountain range, range, range of mountains, rejoicing, seas, speck, specks, The Everlasting, untrod
«To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Advice
| Keywords:
increase
«Why do we hear such everlasting negative talk! People all imagine they'll be giving something away if they recognize the least bit of merit.»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
the least bit
«Reason can never be popular. Passions and feelings may become popular, but reason will always remain the sole property of a few eminent individuals.»
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