FAMOUS 201 QUOTES BY JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

Belief is not the beginning of knowledge - it is the end.

Wisdom lies only in truth.

One must keep repeating the Truth.

Thoughts come back; beliefs persist; facts pass by never to return.

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests on perseverance.

A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.

Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes.

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

Precaution is better than cure.

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator.

Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.

Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success.

It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.

Memory extends as far as our self-interest.

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

You see in the world what you have in your heart.

Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity, and here has its greatest effect on life, an effect that remains the same through all ages and epochs. Secular music should be cheerful throughout.