Wisdom is found only in truth.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

All things are only transitory.

All things are only transitory.

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.

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...

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than...

Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than...

Doubt grows with knowledge.

Doubt grows with knowledge.

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.

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.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

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

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

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the...

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the...

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to...

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to...

Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.

Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.

The artist who is not also a craftsman is no good; but, alas, most of...

The artist who is not also a craftsman is no good; but, alas, most of...

Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.

Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.

I hate all bungling as I do sin, but particularly bungling in politics, which leads...

I hate all bungling as I do sin, but particularly bungling in politics, which leads...

Killing a bad monarch is not to be considered murder but justice

Killing a bad monarch is not to be considered murder but justice

Politics are the divine science, after all

Politics are the divine science, after all