The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Famous Love Quotes, Love Quotes

I love those who yearn for the impossible.

I love those who yearn for the impossible.

The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.

The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.

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...

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...

One is led astray alike by sympathy and coldness, by praise and by blame

One is led astray alike by sympathy and coldness, by praise and by blame

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

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...

Superstition is poetry of life, so that it does not injure the poet to be...

Superstition is poetry of life, so that it does not injure the poet to be...

Love can do much, but duty more.

Love can do much, but duty more.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.

National literature no longer means very much, the age of world literature is due.

National literature no longer means very much, the age of world literature is due.

Everyone hears only what he understands.

Everyone hears only what he understands.

We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.

We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.

Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.

Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it...

Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it...

Every city has a sex and an age which have nothing to do with demography....

Every city has a sex and an age which have nothing to do with demography....

Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another.

Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another.