Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Greatness Quotes, Intelligence Quotes, Minorit Quotes

To be loved for what one is, is the greatest exception. The great majority love...

To be loved for what one is, is the greatest exception. The great majority love...

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to...

We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to...

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the...

The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the...

Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.

Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.

Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves.

Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves.

Doubt grows with knowledge.

Doubt grows with knowledge.

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in...

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in...

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.

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...

My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.

My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of...

One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of...

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a...

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a...

Being generous, just helping one's relatives and being blameless in one's actions; this is the...

Being generous, just helping one's relatives and being blameless in one's actions; this is the...

In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we...

In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we...