Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Greatness Quotes, Intelligence Quotes, Minority Quotes

Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.

Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.

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

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

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.

The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.

A person hears only what they understand.

A person hears only what they understand.

If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.

If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.

No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.

No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.

We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

In the end we are all separate: our stories, no matter how similar, come to...

In the end we are all separate: our stories, no matter how similar, come to...

He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he...

He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he...

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.

The day is committed to error and floundering; success and achievement are matters of long...

The day is committed to error and floundering; success and achievement are matters of long...

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your...

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your...

On all the peaks lies peace.

On all the peaks lies peace.

People may live as much retired from the world as they like, but sooner or...

People may live as much retired from the world as they like, but sooner or...

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.

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests...

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests...

Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality.

Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality.

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.