Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Made, Belief, Believes

A clever man commits no minor blunders.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Clever, Blunders, Commits

He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs religion.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Religion, Art, Science

The coward only threatens when he is safe.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Coward, Safe, Threatens

Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Ignorance, Nothing, Action

A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Kiss, Answer, Correct

Doubt grows with knowledge.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Knowledge, Doubt, Grows

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

Become, Treat, Individual

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Words, Generous, Absent

Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Beauty, Welcome, Guest

All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Life, Friend, Tree

The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at the foot of the cross.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Religion, End, Together

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, After, Run

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Society, Solitude, Inspired

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

Love, God, Children

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Child, Solitude, Himself

A useless life is an early death.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Life, Death, Early

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Person, Knows, Hold

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Everybody, Somebody, Nobody

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

Famous, Him, Stuff

He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Life, Freedom, Storm

If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

God, Wanted, Created

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

Tell, Opinions, Doubts

Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Keep, Fact, Secret

It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Friends, Deceive, Deceived

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Poet

Born: August 28, 1749

Died: March 22, 1832

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