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

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Truth Quotes

We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright.

We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright.

Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.

Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.

Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us...

Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us...

Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.

Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.

Devote each day to the object then in time and every evening will find something...

Devote each day to the object then in time and every evening will find something...

Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.

Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.

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

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

Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end...

Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end...

Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from...

Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from...

To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.

To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

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

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

Impartiality is the life of justice, as justice is of all good government.

Impartiality is the life of justice, as justice is of all good government.

Don't say that you want to give, but go ahead and give! You'll never catch...

Don't say that you want to give, but go ahead and give! You'll never catch...

We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have...

We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have...

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.

By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that...

By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that...

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.

Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man,...

Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man,...

The real terror of beholding sharks feeding is that that may be all there is...

The real terror of beholding sharks feeding is that that may be all there is...