Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes

Doubt grows with knowledge.

Doubt grows with knowledge.

In comradeship is danger countered best.

In comradeship is danger countered best.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love

If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and...

If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and...

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is...

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is...

Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down

Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down

Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is...

Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is...

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.

We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start...

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start...

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in...

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in...

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

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.

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.