How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflection? Never; but only through action. Strive to do thy duty; then shalt thou know what is in thee.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Self Examination Quotes

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

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...

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science

There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science

Beauty is a primeval phenomenon, which itself never makes its appearance, but the reflection of...

Beauty is a primeval phenomenon, which itself never makes its appearance, but the reflection of...

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him,...

The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him,...

To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in...

To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in...

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh...

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh...

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.

I call architecture frozen music.

I call architecture frozen music.

Genius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of human life

Genius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of human life

There is no better deliverance from the world than through art; and a man can...

There is no better deliverance from the world than through art; and a man can...

We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them...

We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them...

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those...

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those...

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

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...

Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. Its eternal goal...

Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. Its eternal goal...

Sunrise doesn't last all morning, a cloudburst doesn't last all day, seems my love is...

Sunrise doesn't last all morning, a cloudburst doesn't last all day, seems my love is...