Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes

Precaution is better than cure.

Precaution is better than cure.

All things are only transitory.

All things are only transitory.

Death is Nature's expert advice to get plenty of Life.

Death is Nature's expert advice to get plenty of Life.

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that...

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that...

Each has his own happiness in his hands, as the artist handles the rude clay...

Each has his own happiness in his hands, as the artist handles the rude clay...

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

I hate all bungling as I do sin, but particularly bungling in politics, which leads...

I hate all bungling as I do sin, but particularly bungling in politics, which leads...

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.

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 public wishes itself to be managed like a woman; one must say nothing to...

The public wishes itself to be managed like a woman; one must say nothing to...

Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.

Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.

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,...

One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.

One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

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...

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

Superstition is the poetry of life.

Superstition is the poetry of life.

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that...

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that...

The human mind will not be confined to any limits.

The human mind will not be confined to any limits.