Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Quotes from Goethe

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.”
 
“There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.”  

“You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.”  

“A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.”  

“To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.”  

“Know thyself? If I knew myself, I'd run away.”  

"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.”

“Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.”

“By seeking and blundering we learn.”

“A person hears only what they understand.”

“Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes”  

“There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.”  

“Nine requisites for contented living:
Health enough to make work a pleasure.
Wealth enough to support your needs.
Strength to battle with difficulties and overcome them.
Grace enough to confess your sins and forsake them.
Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished.
Charity enough to see some good in your neighbor.
Love enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others.
Faith enough to make real the things of God.
Hope enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future.”  

“Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.”  

“The human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in order to live, and what little freedom remains so fills them with fear that they seek out any and every means to be rid of it.”  

“If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.”  

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