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Discover my 11 best and more Goethe quotes that are the most inspirational and will remind you of quotes from subsequent authors. One of the books that I want to read, but I didn’t make it until now, is The Italian Journey by the German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It’s one of his most inspirational works because it is based on the letters he wrote while traveling to Italy. He wanted to fulfill his personal and artistic quests and leave behind the fame and his duties in his country. It’s always interesting to read the journals of others, especially of great novelists and poets, like Goethe.
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My 11 best Goethe quotes
Believing in yourself
“Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen”.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Correction does much, but encouragement does more.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Talent vs. character
“Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life”.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Knowing vs. applying
“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do”.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Starting today
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Thinking – knowing – looking
“Thinking is more interesting than knowing but less interesting than looking”.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Work of art
“The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art”.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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What we love
“We are shaped and fashioned by what we love”.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Change
“We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise, we harden”.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving”.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Seeing beauty
“The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone”.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Universe conspiration
“At the moment of commitment the entire universe conspires to assist you”.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise, we harden." - love it! Thank you for sharing these positive quotes!
Vivienne X