Nothing is more disgusting than the majority: it consists of a few powerful predecessors, of rogues who adapt themselves, of weak who assimilate themselves, and the masses who imitate without knowing at all what they want. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832)
Do you wish always to stray further? See, good lies as near; learn only to grasp happiness, for happiness is always here. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832)
He who is firm in will moulds the world to himself. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832)
What is the true test of character, unless it be its progressive development in the bustle and turmoil, in the action and reaction of daily life? Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832)
We are accustomed to see men scorn what they do not understand, and snarl at the good and the beautiful because it lies beyond their sympathies. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832)
There is no trifling with nature; it is always true, dignified, and just; it is always in the right, and the faults and errors belong to us. Nature defies incompetence, but reveals its secrets to the competent, the truthful, and the pure. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832)
On every mountain height is rest. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832)
The world means something to the capable. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832)
Beware of dissipating your powers; strive constantly to concentrate them. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832)
What we do not understand we do not possess. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832)
