Everyone believes in his youth that the world really began with him, and that all merely exists for his sake

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Youth Quotes

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.

The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself...

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself...

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...

The unnatural, that too is natural.

The unnatural, that too is natural.

The world remains ever the same.

The world remains ever the same.

Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down

Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down

Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.

Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.

Sowing is not as difficult as reaping.

Sowing is not as difficult as reaping.

Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches...

Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches...

Doubt grows with knowledge.

Doubt grows with knowledge.

A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.

A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.

Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.

Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.

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...

A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.

A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.

The phrases men are accustomed to repeat incessantly, end by becoming convictions and ossify the...

The phrases men are accustomed to repeat incessantly, end by becoming convictions and ossify the...

Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable...

Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable...

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in...

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in...