Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.

Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.

He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.

He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.

Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.

Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise....

Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise....

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with...

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with...

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...

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together

Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together

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...

If you accept people for what they are, they will become worse. Treat them like...

If you accept people for what they are, they will become worse. Treat them like...

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

Man is not born to solve the problems of the universe, but to find out...

Man is not born to solve the problems of the universe, but to find out...

We cannot fashion our children after our desires, we must have them and love them...

We cannot fashion our children after our desires, we must have them and love them...

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests...

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests...

No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.

No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.

We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright.

We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright.

The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be...

The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be...