Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

• To the world you might be one person, but to one person, you might be the world. Kindness is the golden chain by which our world is bound together.

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  Kindness, Our World, Together

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• Everything we do has a result. But that which is right and prudent does not always lead to good, nor the contrary to what is bad.

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  Doe, Prudent, Results

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Johann Peter Eckermann (2014). “Conversations of Goethe with Johann Peter Eckermann”, p.166, Ravenio Books

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• The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.

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  Wisdom, Moving, Believe

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• A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.

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  Wise, Dream, Attitude

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

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  Inspirational, Courage, Commitment

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• Why look for conspiracy when stupidity can explain so much

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Stupidity, Looks, Conspiracy

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• You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

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  Loyalty, Respect, Honesty

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  Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.

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  Inspirational, Song, Intelligence

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• At the moment of commitment the entire universe conspires to assist you.

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  Commitment, Moments, Universe

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• None are so hopelessly enslaved, as those who falsely believe they are free. The truth has been kept from the depth of their minds by masters who rule them with lies. They feed them on falsehoods till wrong looks like right in their eyes.

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  Lying, Believe, Eye

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• If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.

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  Happiness, Uplifting, Smart

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• Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.

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  Crazy, Personality, Insanity

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• Each indecision brings its own delays and days are lost lamenting over lost days... What you can do or think you can do, begin it. For boldness has magic, power, and genius in it.

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  Inspirational, Mistake, Thinking

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• Nothing is worth more than this day. You cannot relive yesterday. Tomorrow is still beyond your reach.

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  Time, Yesterday, Mindfulness

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• The flowers of life are but visionary. How many pass away and leave no trace behind! How few yield any fruit,--and the fruit itself, how rarely does it ripen! And yet there are flowers enough; and is it not strange, my friend, that we should suffer the little that does really ripen to rot, decay, and perish unenjoyed?

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  Flower, Yield, Suffering

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2017). “The Sorrows of Young Werther (English German Edition, illustrated): Die Leiden des jungen Werther (Englisch Deutsch Ausgabe illustriert)”, p.105, Clap Publishing, LLC.

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• Of all thieves, fools are the worst; they rob you of time and temper.

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  Thieves, Fool, Temper

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• Nothing is more disgusting than the majority: because it consists of a few powerful predecessors, of rogues who adapt themselves, of weak who assimilate themselves, and the masses who imitate without knowing at all what they want.

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  Powerful, Knowing, Majority

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• Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one.

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  War, Political, Sound

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

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  Knowledge, Belief, Ends

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• The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.

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  Happiness, Teaching, Use

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• Hell begins the day that God grants you the vision to see all that you could have done, should have done, and would have done, but did not do.

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  Memories, Should Have, Religion

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  Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

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  Mirrors, Empathy, Behaviour

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• Nine requisites for contented living: Health enough to make work a pleasure. Wealth enough to support your needs. Strength to battle with difficulties and overcome them. Grace enough to confess your sins and forsake them. Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished. Charity enough to see some good in your neighbor. Love enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others. Faith enough to make real the things of God. Hope enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future.

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  Love, Life, Happiness

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• A person hears only what they understand.

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  Motivational, Positive, Positivity

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