Quotes from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I could tear open my bosom with vexation to think how little we are capable of influencing the feelings of each other. No one communicate to me those sensations of love, joy, rapture, and delight which I do not naturally possess; and, though my heart may glow with the most lively affection, I cannot make the happiness of one in whom the same warmth is not inherent.

Sonuçta dünyan?n bütün i?leri a?a??l?kt?r ; ba?kalar?n?n sözüyle, hiçbir tutkusu ya da bir gereksinimi olmaks?z?n, para, ?an ?eref ya da bilmem ne u?runa didinen biri her zaman bir budalad?r.

Ich hab allerlei Bekanntschaft gemacht, Gesellschaft hab ich noch keine gefunden.

I use no lengthened invocation: Here rustles one that soon will work my liberation.

Ah, bu bo?luk! Gö?sümdeki bu korkunç bo?luk! Yaln?zca bir kez, yaln?zca bir kez yüre?ime bast?rabilsem onu.

Et qu'as-tu à donner, pauvre démon ? L'esprit d'un homme en ses hautes inspirations fut-il jamais conçu par tes pareils ? Tu n'as que des aliments qui ne rassasient pas ; de l'or pâle, qui sans cesse s'écoule des mains comme le vif-argent; un jeu auquel on ne gagne jamais ; une fille qui jusque dans mes bras fait les yeux doux à mon voisin ; l'honneur, belle divinité qui s'évanouit comme un météore.

Su inquietud lo inclina hacia lo inalcanzable, pero percibe su locura sólo a medias.

Tudo quanto se acha fora de nós parece mais belo, e todos os homens mais perfeitos do que nós. E isto é natural porque sentimos demasiado as nossas imperfeições e os outros sempre parecem possuir precisamente aquilo que nos falta.

A dim vastness is spread before our souls: the perceptions of our mind are as obscure as those of our vision; and we desire earnestly to surrender up our whole being, that it may be filled with the complete and perfect bliss of one glorious emotion. But alas! when we have attained our object, when the distant there becomes the present here, all is changed: we are as poor and circumscribed as ever, and our souls still languish for unattainable happiness.

what is not started today is never finished tomorrow

Und doch, welch Glück, geliebt zu werden, Und lieben, Götter, welch ein Glück!

Bin weder Fräulein, weder schön, kann ungeleitet nach Hause gehn.

Ey tan?mad???m Yarat?c?! Bir zamanlar tüm ruhumu sarm??t?n, ama ?imdi bana yüz çevirdin! Ça??r beni yan?na! ..

Siempre que tenga deseos y aspiraciones, el hombre puede equivocarse.

Enough! There are moments, Wilhelm, when I could rise up and shake it all off, and when, if I only knew where to go, I could fly from this place.

pues si la ley tiene fuerza, más fuerza tiene la escasez.

Wilhelm, what is the world to our hearts without love? What is a magic-lantern without light? You have but to kindle the flame within, and the brightest figures shine on the white wall; and, if love only show us fleeting shadows, we are yet happy, when, like mere children, we behold them, and are transported with the splendid phantoms.

Evet, yeryüzünde bir gezginim yaln?zca, bir yolcu! Sizler bunun ötesinde misiniz sanki?

When Odysseus speaks of the measureless sea and the boundless earth, it is all so true and human, so inwardly and closely felt, and so mysterious. What use is it if I, like any schoolboy, can now parrot that the earth is round? Man needs only a small patch of earth for his pleasures, and a smaller one still to rest beneath.

Never shall I dare implant a kiss on these lips where the spirits of heaven dwell.

I have been more than once intoxicated, my passions have always bordered on extravagance: I am not ashamed to confess it; for I have learned, by my own experience, that all extraordinary men, who have accomplished great and astonishing actions, have ever been decried by the world as drunken or insane.

The God, above my powers enthroned, He cannot change external forces. So, by the burden of my days oppressed, Death is desired, and Life a thing unblest!

But, alas! I feel it too sadly. I am alone the cause of my own woe, am I not? Truly, my own bosom contains the source of all my sorrow, as it previously contained the source of all my pleasure.

Und da verließ ich sie mit dem Versichern: sie selbigen Tags nochzu sehn, und hab mein Versprechen gehalten, und seit der Zeit können Sonne, Mond und Sternege ruhig ihre Wirthschaft treiben, ich weis weder daß Tag noch daß Nacht ist, und die ganze Welt verliert sich um mich her.