Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quotes

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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.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Day

Song

Words

Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Mission

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Self

Word

Every step of life shows much caution is required.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Life

Caution

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Home

Peace

Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

May

Prosperity

World

He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Belief

World

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

Man

For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Ideas

Word

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Adversity

Overcoming

Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses at home.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Home

Countries

Will

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

God

Heart

Thoughts

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

Happiness

Feet