All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Personal Growth Quotes, Thought Quotes

Everyone hears only what he understands.

Everyone hears only what he understands.

The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but...

The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but...

There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art and no...

There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art and no...

He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.

He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.

For the nature of women is closely allied to art

For the nature of women is closely allied to art

The artist who is not also a craftsman is no good; but, alas, most of...

The artist who is not also a craftsman is no good; but, alas, most of...

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

Science arose from poetry... when times change the two can meet again on a higher...

Science arose from poetry... when times change the two can meet again on a higher...

The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be...

The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be...

In politics, as on the sickbed, people toss from side to side, thinking they will...

In politics, as on the sickbed, people toss from side to side, thinking they will...

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh...

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh...

If you accept people for what they are, they will become worse. Treat them like...

If you accept people for what they are, they will become worse. Treat them like...

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of...

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of...

All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my...

All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my...

We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them...

We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them...

Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there...

Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there...

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.