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He who is plenteously provided for from within needs but little from without.

He who is plenteously provided for from within needs but little from without.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Being Strong, Inspirational Life, Needs

No one knows what he is doing so long as he is acting rightly; but of what is wrong one is always conscious.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Long, Acting, Conscious

Habit is the most imperious of all masters.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Habit, Masters

Distance... is like futurity. A dim vastness is spread before our souls; the perceptions of our mind are as obscure as those of our vision... But alas! when we have attained our object, when the distant 'there' becomes the present 'here,' all is changed; we are as poor and circumscribed as ever, and our souls still languish for unattainable happiness.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Distance, Soul, Mind
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2017). “The Sorrows of Young Werther (English German Edition, illustrated): Die Leiden des jungen Werther (Englisch Deutsch Ausgabe illustriert)”, p.51, Clap Publishing, LLC.

Of all peoples the Greeks have dreamt the dream of life best.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Dream, Greek
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2013). “Delphi Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Illustrated)”, p.3535, Delphi Classics

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Government, Politics, Easy

A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world's torrent.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Life, Education, Teacher
"Torquato Tasso". Play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Act 1, Scene 2, 1790.

The one who always strives, That one can be redeemed.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Strive, Salvation, Strife

Every situation--nay, every moment--is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Inspirational, Art, Philosophy
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Johann Peter Eckermann (2014). “Conversations of Goethe with Johann Peter Eckermann”, p.53, Ravenio Books

It is in human nature to relax, when not compelled by personal advantage or disadvantage.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Fitness, Relaxation, Human Nature

Create, artist, do not talk.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Artist, Silence

A useless life is an early death. [Ger., Ein unnutz Leben ist ein fruher Tod.]

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Life, Useless, Indolence

Everything is both simpler than we can imagine and more entangled than we can conceive.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Imagination, Simple Life, Imagine

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Inspirational, Strength, Happiness

One man's word is no man's word; we should quietly hear both sides.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Men, Justice, Sides

Man supposes that he directs his life and governs his actions, when his existence is irretrievably under the control of destiny

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Destiny, Men, Action

We don't get to know anything but what we love.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Love, Knows

Great passions are incurable diseases.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Passion, Disease, Incurable Disease
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1853). “Goethe's Opinions on the World, Mankind, Literature, Science, and Art”, p.113

Man is not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out what he has to do; and to restrain himself within the limits of his comprehension.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Science, Men, Limits

You must be either the servant or the master, the hammer or the anvil.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Hammers, Anvils, Masters

If in the infinite you want to stride, Just walk in the finite to every side.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Want, Sides, Infinite

The eye doesn't see any shapes, it sees only what is differentiated through light and dark or through colors.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Eye, Dark, Light

Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Hate, Envy, Hatred

True love is love that stays constant for ever, whatever it's fortune; whether requited or scored, filled or sent empty away.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Love Is, Empty, Fortune

It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Literature, Fool, Merit

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