Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

Nature is so perfect that the Trinity couldn't have fashioned her any more perfect. She is an organ on which our Lord plays and the devil works the bellows.

When married one has to get into an argument once in a while since in this way one learns about the other.

Every day one should at least listen to a little song, read a good poem, look at a fine painting, and, if possible, say a few reasonable words.

There is no way to face the great advantages of another person than through love.

Are we not also married to conscience which we would love to get rid of often enough since it is more bothersome than a man or a woman ever could become?

One doesn't always lose when one has to do without.

Idea and experience will never coincide in the center; only through art and action are they united.

How can one learn to know oneself? Never by introspection, rather by action. Try to do your duty, and you will know right away what you are like.

We who didn't inherit political power nor are made to acquire riches like nothing better than that which expands and solidifies the power of the spirit.

If the artist is not also a craftsman, the artist is nothing, but calamity: most of our artists are nothing but craftsmen.