Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The Bible grows more beautiful, as we grow in our understanding of it.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The century is advanced, but every individual begins afresh.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The clever reader who is capable or reading between these lines what does not stand written in them but is nevertheless implied will be able to form some conception.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The errors of the observer come from the qualities of the human mind.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The experiences show us just as we are; they make us see our own defects.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The flowers are full of honey, but only the bee finds out the sweetness.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The follies of the wise man are known to himself, but hidden from the world.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The greater part of all the mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The highest problem of any art is to cause by appearance the illusion of a higher reality.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe