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Pessimism
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I will not be as those who spend the day in complaining of headache, and the night in drinking the wine that gives it.
-Johann von Goethe
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Philosophy
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The philosopher must station themselves in the middle.
-Johann von Goethe
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Photography
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Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their own story.
-Johann von Goethe
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Politics
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In politics, as on the sickbed, people toss from side to side, thinking they will be more comfortable.
-Johann von Goethe
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Potential
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Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
-Johann von Goethe
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Power
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Napoleon for the sake of a good name broke in pieces half the world.
-Johann von Goethe
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Every man has enough power left to carry out that of which he is convinced.
-Johann von Goethe
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Praise
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If you treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.
-Johann von Goethe
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Prejudice
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He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he is quite unworthy of it.
-Johann von Goethe
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Present, the
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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
-Johann von Goethe
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Since Time is not a person we can overtake when he is gone, let us honor him with mirth and cheerfulness of heart while he is passing.
-Johann von Goethe
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We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
-Johann von Goethe
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Nothing is worth more than this day. You cannot relive yesterday. Tomorrow is still beyond your reach
-Johann von Goethe
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Procrastination
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If the mass of people hesitate to act, strike with swiftly and with boldness, the brave heart that understands and seizes opportunity can everything.
-Johann von Goethe
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Proverbial Wisdom
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A collections of anecdotes and maxims is the greatest of treasures for the man of the world, for he knows how to intersperse conversation with the former in fit places, and to recollect the latter on proper occasions.
-Johann von Goethe
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Public
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Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.
-Johann von Goethe
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Purpose
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What is my life if I am no longer useful to others.
-Johann von Goethe
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A purpose you impart is no longer your own.
-Johann von Goethe
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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.
-Johann von Goethe
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Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.
-Johann von Goethe
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To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.
-Johann von Goethe
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Questions
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If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question.
-Johann von Goethe
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Quotations
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Anecdotes and maxims are rich treasures to the man of the world, for he knows how to introduce the former at fit place in conversation.
-Johann von Goethe
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Everything has been thought of before, but the problem is to think of it again.
-Johann von Goethe
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Reason
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Reason can never be popular. Passions and feelings may become popular, but reason will always remain the sole property of a few eminent individuals.
-Johann von Goethe
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Books by and about Johann von Goethe