Quotes from Goethe

Being full of mischief, they love to listen; they gladly obey, for they like to betray you, pretending to be sent from Heaven, and lisping like angels, while they lie.

When he comes to the door he always looks mocking and half-way angry. You can see he has sympathy for nothing. It's written on his forehead that he can love no one.

I know I can trust in my heart…that she…dare I, can I express heaven in a few words? That she loves me.

He who has never despaired has no need to have lived.

Tot ce sclipe?te ?ine doar o clip?, ce-i cu temei în veci va fi p?strat.

Das Ewig Weibliche zieht uns hinan.

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.

Glib tongues frill up their hash of knowledge for mankind in polished speeches that are no more than vaporous winds rustling the fallen leaves in autumn.

Ah! dou? suflete-s în mine! Cum se zbat În piept s? nu mai locuiasc? împreun?! Unul de lume strâns m? ?ine, încle?tat; cu voluptate, cel?lalt puternic c?tre cere?ti limanuri m? îndrum?.

Si je pouvais, nature, être seulement un homme devant toi ; alors, cela vaudrait bien la peine d'être homme !

On Top Of The World Or In The Depths Of Despair.

Sobald wir lernen uns zu vertrauen, fangen wir an zu leben

Belief is not the beginning of knowledge- it is the end.

This life, gentlemen, is too short for our souls.

CHORUS Gird thee for the high endeavor; Shun the crowd's ignoble ease! Fails the spirit never, Wise to think, and prompt to seize. Goethe, Faust, Part II, act 1, 50–53

Man is a true Narcissus; he delights to see his own image everywhere; and he spreads himself underneath the universe, like the amalgam behind the glass.

Men grieve [Mephistopheles] so with the days of their lamenting, [he] even hate[s] to plague them with [his] torments.

Ich mögte beten wie Moses im Koran: Herr mache mir Raum in meiner engen Brust.

Everyone has to work out his own destiny. - Goethe

E?er gönüller gerçekten ayd?nl?ksa, güne? ?????na gerek kalmaz.Ba?kalar?n?n esirgedi?i ?eyi biz kendi kalbimizde buluyoruz..

Sous quelque habit que ce soit, je n'en sentirai pas moins les misères de l'existence humaine. Je suis trop vieux pour jouer encore, trop jeune pour être sans désirs. Qu'est-ce que le monde peut m'offrir de bon ? Tout doit te manquer, tu dois manquer de tout ! Voilà l'éternel refrain qui tinte aux oreilles de chacun de nous, et ce que, toute notre vie, chaque heure nous répète d'une voix cassée.

The fate of the architect is the strangest of all in this way. How often he expends his whole soul, his whole heart and passion, to produce buildings into which he himself may never enter.

Love does not dominate; it cultivates. ? Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Un autor î?i stric? opera dac? o public? într-o edi?ie rev?zut?, chiar dac? din punct de vedere poetic a devenit acum mai bun?. Prima impresie e cea hot?râtoare, ?i omul e astfel alc?tuit, încât îl poti convinge de cele mai nemaipomenite lucruri; totul se lipe?te imediat de suflet, dar vai de acela care vrea sa cure?e ?i s? ?tearg? cea a fost lipit.