Quotations and wise sayings
Famous quotes from the german writer and philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832)
was a German writer, biologist, pictorial artist, theoretical physicist, and polymath.
“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.”
“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.“
“All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is exclusively my own.“
“The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.“
“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.“
“I love those who yearn for the impossible.“
“Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one’s thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.“
“If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own.“
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