“Only the soul that loves is happy.” – Goethe
April 24, 2010
Goethe: “Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.”
“Ignorant men raise questions
that wise men answered a thousand years ago.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Character and laughter
“Men show their character in nothing more clearly than
what they think laughable.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Goethe: “In art the best is good enough”
“In art,
the best is good enough.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Hatred USA-culture gauge: “Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture.”
“Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Goethe : “He only earns his freedom and his life who takes them every day by storm.”
“He only earns his freedom and his life
who takes them every day by storm.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Goethe: “He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.”
“He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Truth has to be repeated constantly, because Error also is being preached all the time…. Error holds sway, feeling happy and comfortable in the knowledge of having Majority on its side.”
“Truth has to be repeated constantly, because Error also is being preached all the time, and not just by a few, but by the multitude.
In the Press and Encyclopaedias, in Schools and Universities, everywhere Error holds sway, feeling happy and comfortable in the knowledge of having Majority on its side.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Goethe: “Truth … lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it.”
“It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
