I do not know myself and God forbid that I should

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Self Knowledge Quotes

What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

In nature we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which...

In nature we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which...

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses...

Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses...

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

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

If you have any faith, give me, for heaven's sake, a share of it! Your...

If you have any faith, give me, for heaven's sake, a share of it! Your...

A useless life is an early death.

A useless life is an early death.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.

It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.

If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect...

If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect...

Precaution is better than cure.

Precaution is better than cure.

Each one sees what he carries in his heart

Each one sees what he carries in his heart

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part.

The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part.

The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

The greatest man in history was the poorest

The greatest man in history was the poorest

It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the...

It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the...

Elia Kazan understood my problems. He was able to bring out the very best in...

Elia Kazan understood my problems. He was able to bring out the very best in...

Every effort for progress, for enlightenment, for science, for religious, political, and economic liberty, emanates...

Every effort for progress, for enlightenment, for science, for religious, political, and economic liberty, emanates...