Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Only the heart without a stain knows ease.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Only the soul that loves is happy.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must do.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Our mistakes and failures are always the first to strike us, and outweigh in our imagination what we have accomplished and attained.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Our senses don’t deceive us: our judgment does.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

People who think honestly and deeply have a hostile attitude towards the public.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Properly speaking, such work is never finished; one must declare it so when, according to time and circumstances, one has done one’s best.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Reality surpasses imagination; and we see, breathing, brightening, and moving before our eyes sights dearer to our hearts than any we ever beheld in the land of sleep.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Reasonable men are the best dictionaries of conversation.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Sameness leaves us in peace but it is contradiction that makes us productive.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe