Talents are best nurtured in solitude, but character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Character Quotes, Talent Quotes

The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but...

The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but...

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

This is the true measure of love: When we believe that we alone can love,...

This is the true measure of love: When we believe that we alone can love,...

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...

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs...

He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs...

The phrases men are accustomed to repeat incessantly, end by becoming convictions and ossify the...

The phrases men are accustomed to repeat incessantly, end by becoming convictions and ossify the...

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,...

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...

If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.

If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once

Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once

Please send me your last pair of shoes, worn out with dancing as you mentioned...

Please send me your last pair of shoes, worn out with dancing as you mentioned...

I do not know myself and God forbid that I should

I do not know myself and God forbid that I should

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...

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...

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

What is my life if I am no longer useful to others.

What is my life if I am no longer useful to others.

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.