Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

What a man does not understand, he does not possess.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Whatever necessity lays upon thee, endure; whatever she commands, do.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

When a wife has a good husband, it is easily seen on her face.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

When you lose interest in anything, you also lose the memory for it.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Wishes are premonitions of abilities.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Words are good, but there is something better. The best is not to be explained by words. The spirit in which we act is the chief matter. Action can only be understood and represented by the spirit.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A flippant, frivolous man may ridicule others, may controvert them, scorn them; but he who has any respect for himself seems to have renounced the right of thinking meanly of others.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A good man, through obscurest aspirations has still an instinct of the one true way.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe