First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Truth Quotes

The persons born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest...

The persons born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest...

Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.

Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.

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

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

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.

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...

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...

There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science

There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science

What does not kill me makes me stronger.

What does not kill me makes me stronger.

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...

The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at...

The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at...

Talents are best nurtured in solitude, but character is best formed in the stormy billows...

Talents are best nurtured in solitude, but character is best formed in the stormy billows...

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.

Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.

A person hears only what they understand.

A person hears only what they understand.

I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.

I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous...

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous...

A collection of anecdotes and maxims is the greatest of treasures for the man of...

A collection of anecdotes and maxims is the greatest of treasures for the man of...

If you have an anecdote from one source, you file it away. If you hear...

If you have an anecdote from one source, you file it away. If you hear...

Few maxims are true in every respect

Few maxims are true in every respect