Goethe Quotes
10 quotes
Goethe
German writer and polymath, author of Faust
10 Quotes
Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
— Faust
He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living hand to mouth.
— Maxims and Reflections
Magic is believing in yourself; if you can do that, you can make anything happen
— Faust
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
— Elective Affinities
Correction does much, but encouragement does more
— Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
We are shaped and fashioned by what we love
— Elective Affinities
Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world
— Faust
The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone
— Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
— Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship
Doubt grows with knowledge.
— Maxims and Reflections