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My 11 best Goethe quotes and more


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

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

Starting today

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow“.

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


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


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

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