Calvin Quotes

There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want."

You know how Einstein got bad grades as a kid? Well, mine are even worse!

I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet, raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak.

You know, some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help.

I think the surest sign that there is intelligent life out there in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.


Reality continues to ruin my life.

Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the choices available. Some people are idealists, standing for principle and refusing to compromise. And some people just act on any whim that enters their heads. I pragmatically turn my whims into principles.

The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little pratice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog!

Well, remember what you said, because in a day or two, I'll have a witty and blistering retort! You'll be devastated THEN!

From now on, I'll connect the dots my own way.

Nothing spoils fun like learning out it builds character.

Aww mom, you act like I'm not even wearing a bungie cord!

It's hard to conceal a water balloon

When birds burp, it must taste like bugs.

Reality continues to ruin my life.

Susie if you want to see your doll again, leave $100 in this envelope by the tree out front. Do not call the police you CANNOT trace us, you CANNOT find us.
Sincerely, Calvin

I wanted to be a neo-deconstructivist but Mom wouldn't let me

That's the difference between me and the rest of the world! Happiness isn't good enough for me! I demand euphoria!

I have a hammer! I can put things together. I can tear things apart. I can alter my enviroment while making an incredible din the whole time. God, its great to be a male.

What's the point of wearing your lucky rocketship underpants if no one asks to see 'em?

I have a hammer! I can put things together! I can knock things apart! I can alter my environment at will and make an incredible din all the while! Ah, it's great to be male!

Do you hate being a girl? What's it like? Is it like being a bug? I imagine bugs and girls have a dim perception that nature played a cruel trick on them, but they lack the intelligence to comprehend the magnitude of it.

I have all theses great genes, But they're recessive. That's the problem here.

Oh look, yet another Christmas TV special! How touching to have the meaning of Christmas brought to us by cola, fast food, and beer conglomerates. Who'd have ever guessed that product consumption, popular entertainment, and spirituality would mix so harmoniously? It's a beautiful world all right.

The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure poor reasoning, and inhibit clarity.

A gas mask, a smoke grenade, and a helicopter, thats all I ask.

I am not currently able to divulge this information, as it may compromise our agents in the field.

I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each others dreams, we can play together all night!

DILBERTISMS

This little box will be your home for sixty hours a week. It comes with an obsolete computer and a binder about safety hazards. Your challenge is to look busy until someone gives you a meaningful assignment. --Dilbert
You know we don't allow anything on cubicle walls. It destroys the acoustic absorption of the fabric. --Dilbert's Pointy Haired Boss
We're taking away your individual cubicles. In the new system you'll sign up for whatever cube is open that day. It's based on the model of public restrooms. But I call it 'hoteling' because it increases my chances of getting tips. Each cubicle will have a computer, a chair, and a roll of note paper . . . Take one and pass it around. --Dilbert's Pointy Haired Boss
It's so exciting to visit my son's cubicle! I worked hard to put you through college. Now I'll see the results of my investment. Um...You did attend classes, right? --Dilbert's Mom
Ah, sweet cubicle. I have returned from my trip. It's just like being in the womb. --Dilbert
I found some numbers that support your strategic plan. I had to take the square root of a negative number to do it. The timeline is on this mobius strip. --Dilbert
I had to make some optimistic assumptions to meet the revenue target In week three, we're visited by an alien named D'utox Inag who offers to share his advanced technology. --Dilbert
Next week, a doctor with a flashlight shows us where sales projections come from.
"There are many methods for predicting the future. For example, you can read horoscopes, tea leaves, tarot cards, or crystal balls. Collectively, these methods are known as 'nutty methods.' Or you can put well-researched facts into sophisticated computer models, more commonly referred to as "a complete waste of time." "Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep."
"Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems." "I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do things, you can only demotivate them. The primary job of the manager is not to empower but to remove obstacles." "Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end." "No matter how smart you are, you spend much of your day being an idiot." "We're a planet of nearly six billion ninnies living in a civilization that was designed by a few thousand amazingly smart deviants." "We expect others to act rationally even though we are irrational." "Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive." "The Dilbert Principle: The most ineffective workers are systematically moved to the place where they can do the least damage--Management."

DILBERT'S LAWS OF WORK
If you can't get your work done in the first 24 hours, work nights.
A pat on the back is only a few centimeters from a kick in the butt.
Don't be irreplaceable: if you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted.
It doesn't matter what you do, it only matters what you say you've done and what you've said you're going to do.
After any salary raise, you will have less money at the end of the month than you did before.
The more crap you put up with, the more crap you are going to get.
You can go anywhere you want if you look serious and carry a clipboard.
Eat one live toad the first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.
When the bosses talk about improving productivity, they are never talking about themselves.
If at first you don't succeed, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.
There will always be beer cans rolling on the floor of your car when the bossasks for a ride home from the office.
Keep your boss's boss off your boss's back.
Everything can be filed under "miscellaneous."
Never delay the ending of a meeting or the beginning of a cocktail hour.
To err is human, to forgive is not our policy.
Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he/she is supposed to be doing.
Important letters that contain no errors will develop errors in the mail.
If you are good, you will be assigned all the work. If you are reallygood, you will get out of it.
You are always doing something marginal when the boss drops by your desk.
People who go to conferences are the ones who shouldn't.
If it wasn't for the last minute, nothing would get done.
At work, the authority of a person is inversely proportional to the number ofpens that person is carrying.
When you don't know what to do, walk fast and look worried.
Following the rules will not get the job done. Getting the job done is no excuse for not following the rules.
When confronted by a difficult problem you can solve it more easily byreducing it to the question, "How would the Lone Ranger handle this?"
No matter how much you do, you never do enough.
The last person that quit or was fired will be held responsible foreverything that goes wrong.

Goethe Quotes

Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes A clever man commits no minor blunders. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A collections of anecdotes and maxims is the greatest of treasures for the man of the world, for he knows how to intersperse conversation with the former in fit places, and to recollect the latter on proper occasions. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A person hears only what they understand. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A person is never happy till their vague strivings has itself marked out its proper limitations. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A purpose you impart is no longer your own. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A really great talent finds its happiness in execution. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A useless life is an early death. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Age merely shows what children we remain. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Alas! sorrow from happiness is oft evolved. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
All things are only transitory. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, till they take root in our personal experience. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
An unused life is an early death. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Austere perseverance, hash and continuous... rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistible greater with time. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent. 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
Beauty is a primeval phenomenon, which itself never makes its appearance, but the reflection of which is visible in a thousand different utterances of the creative mind, and is as various as nature herself. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Beware of dissipating your powers; strive constantly to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but it is sure to repent every ill-judged outlay. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Character develops itself in the stream of life. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Common sense is the genius of humanity. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Correction does much, but encouragement does more. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Devote each day to the object then in time and every evening will find something done. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Don't dissipate your powers; strive to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but it will surely repent of every ill-judged outlay. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Enjoy what thou has inherited from thy sires if thou wouldn't really possess it. What we employ and use is never an oppressive burden; what the moment brings forth, that only can it profit by. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Every spoken word arouses our self-will. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Every step of life shows much caution is required. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Everyone hears only what he understands. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Few people have the imagination for reality. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Freedom consists not in refusing to recognize anything above us, but in respecting something which is above us; for by respecting it, we raise ourselves to it, and, by our very acknowledgment, prove that we bear within ourselves what is higher, and are worthy to be on a level with it Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
He is dead in this world who has no belief in another. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he is quite unworthy of it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
He who is plenteously provided for from within, needs but little from without. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
How can we know ourselves? Never by reflection, but only through action. Begin at once to do your duty and immediately you will know what is inside you. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
How can you come to know yourself? Never by thinking; always by doing. Try to do your duty, and you'll know right away what you amount to. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I call architecture frozen music. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wishes. The greater part of all mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims. They have undertaken to build a tower, and spend no more labor on the foundation than would be necessary to erect a hut. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I will listen to anyone's convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If a good person does you wrong, act as though you had not noticed it. They will make note of this and not remain in your debt long. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect and performance shall be different. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If any many wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If any wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If I love you, what does that matter to you! Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If I say to the moment: 'Stay now! You are so beautiful'! Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If the mass of people hesitate to act, strike with swiftly and with boldness, the brave heart that understands and seizes opportunity can everything. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that you are sick. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
In art the best is good enough. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
In politics, as on the sickbed, people toss from side to side, thinking they will be more comfortable. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Life has been compared to a race, but the allusion improves by observing, that the most swift are usually the least manageable and the most likely to stray from the course. Great abilities have always been less serviceable to the possessors than moderate ones. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Life is the childhood of our immortality. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Live dangerously and you live right. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Look closely at those who patronize you. Half are unfeeling, half untaught. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Love can do much, but duty more. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Love does not dominate; it cultivates. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Master and Doctor are my titles; for ten years now, without repose, I held my erudite recitals and led my pupils by the nose. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Mastery passes often for egotism. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own language and forthwith it is something entirely different. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
My poor head is in such a whirl, my mind is all in bits. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Mysteries are not necessarily miracles. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Napoleon affords us an example of the danger of elevating one's self to the absolute, and sacrificing everything to the carrying out of an idea. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
No one has ever learned fully to know themselves. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
No wise combatant underestimates their antagonist. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who is most likely to achieve what is good and lasting. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Nothing is to be rated higher than the value of the day. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Nothing is worth more than this day. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their own story. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
On all the peaks lies peace. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
One always has time enough, if one will apply it well. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
One ought every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and , if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Oral delivery aims at persuasion and making the listener believe they are converted. Few persons are capable of being convinced; the majority allow themselves to be persuaded. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Our passion are the true phoenixes; when the old one is burnt out, a new one rises from its ashes. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
People are so constituted that everybody would rather undertake what they see others do, whether they have an aptitude for it or not. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
People have a peculiar pleasure in making converts, that is, in causing others to enjoy what they enjoy, thus finding their own likeness represented and reflected back to them. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
People of uncommon abilities generally fall into eccentricities when their sphere of life is not adequate to their abilities. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
People should talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speech altogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to say visually. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Personality is everything in art and poetry. 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
Precaution is better than cure. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Progress has not followed a straight ascending line, but a spiral with rhythms of progress and retrogression, of evolution and dissolution. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Reason can never be popular. Passions and feelings may become popular, but reason will always remain the sole property of a few eminent individuals. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Science has been seriously retarded by the study of what is not worth knowing and of what is not knowable. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Sowing is not as difficult as reaping. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Still this planet's soil for noble deeds grants scope abounding. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Strike the dog dead, it's but a critic! Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Superstition is the poetry of life. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are dim, the whole world is clouded. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Talents are best nurtured in solitude. Character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity. 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 best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The bird alighteth not on the spread net when it beholds another bird in the snare. Take warning by the misfortunes of others, that others may not take example from you. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at the foot of the cross. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The coward only threatens when he is safe. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The coward threatens when he is safe. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The decline in literature indicates a decline in the nation. The two keep pace in their downward tendency. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The deed is everything, the glory is naught. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The highest happiness of man is to have probed what is knowable and quietly to revere what is unknowable. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The human mind will not be confined to any limits. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The little man is still a man. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The most original of authors are not so because they advance what is new, but more because they know how to say something, as if it had never been said before. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be quite commonplace. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The person of analytic or critical intellect finds something ridiculous in everything. The person of synthetic or constructive intellect, in almost nothing. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The phrases that men hear or repeat continually, end by becoming convictions and ossify the organs of intelligence. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The really unhappy person is the one who leaves undone what they can do, and starts doing what they don't understand; no wonder they come to grief. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The right man is the one that seizes the moment. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The right man is the one who seizes the moment. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The unnatural, that too is natural. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Woman-Soul leadeth us upward and on! Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The world remains ever the same. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There is no past that we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternally new now that builds and creates itself out of the Best as the past withdraws. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There is nothing more frightful than imagination without taste. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
They travel with a constant companion, autumn. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Thought expands, but paralyzes; action animates, but narrows. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Three may keep counsel, if two are away. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
To create something you must be something. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed - that can make life a garden. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
To rule is easy, to govern difficult. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Traveling is like gambling: it is always connected with winning and losing, and generally where it is least expected we receive, more or less than what we hoped for. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Trust yourself, then you will know how to live. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We are forced to participate in the games of life before we can possibly learn how to use the options in the rules governing them. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We can't form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love them as God gives them to us. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We cannot fashion our children after our desires, we must have them and love them as God has given them to us. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe. 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
We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them out of discretion, and so disappears the most beautiful, the most immediate breath of life, irrecoverable for ourselves and for others. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We will burn that bridge when we come to it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What chance gathers she easily scatters. A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What I possess I would gladly retain. Change amuses the mind, yet scarcely profits. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What is important in life is life, and not the result of life. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What is my life if I am no longer useful to others. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What is not started today is never finished tomorrow. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Whatever liberates our spirit without giving us self-control is disastrous. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
When ideas fail, words come in very handy. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Whether a person shows themselves to be a genius in science or in writing a song, the only point is, whether the thought, the discovery, or the deed, is living and can live on. 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.
Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Whoever, in middle age, attempts to realize the wishes and hopes of his early youth, invariably deceives himself. Each ten years of a man's life has its own fortunes, its own hopes, its own desires. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wisdom is found only in truth. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe