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Enthusiasm is of the greatest value, so long as we are not carried away by it.

Enthusiasm is of the greatest value, so long as we are not carried away by it.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Long, Enthusiasm, Carried Away
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2013). “Delphi Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Illustrated)”, p.3538, Delphi Classics

I come more and more to the conclusion that one must take the side of the minority which is always the more intelligent one.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Intelligent, Minorities, Sides
"Conversation with Friedrich von Müller" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, March 6, 1828.

As soon as any one belongs to a narrow creed in science, every unprejudiced and true perception is gone.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Science, Perception, Gone
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Johann Peter Eckermann (2014). “Conversations of Goethe with Johann Peter Eckermann”, p.104, Ravenio Books

Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Men, Casts, Petty

What is the path? There is no path. On into the unknown.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Path

Most pioneers are at the mercy of doubt at the beginning, whether of their worth, of their theories, or of the whole enigmatic field in which they labour.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Doubt, Fields, Pioneers

What a torment it is to see so much loveliness passing and repassing before us, and yet not dare to lay hold of it!

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Passing, Dare, Torment
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2016). “THE SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHER (Literary Classics Series): Historical Romance Novel”, p.54, e-artnow

How often do I lull my seething blood to rest, for you have never seen anything so unsteady, so uncertain, as this heart.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Heart, Blood, Uncertain

Our foibles are really what make us lovable.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Weakness, Lovable, Foibles

No sacred fane requires us to submit to insult.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Sacred, Insult, Submit
"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Torquato Tasso, III. 3. 191, 1922.

I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Climate, Elements, Conclusion

Accepting good advice means nothing other than to strengthen one's own ability.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Mean, Advice, Accepting

One does not get to know that one exists until one rediscovers oneself in others.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Doe, Oneself, Knows

Man errs, till he has ceased to strive.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Men, Strive
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, David Luke (1998). “Faust”, p.11, Oxford University Press, USA

Hatred is a heavy burden. It sinks the heart deep in the breast, and lies like a tombstone on all joys.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Tombstone, Lying, Heart

Thus I reel from desire to fulfillment and in fulfillment languish for desire.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Desire, Fulfillment, Languish
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1976). “Faust: a tragedy : backgrounds and sources, the author on the drama, contemporary reactions, modern criticism”, W. W. Norton & Company

A resolution that is communicated is no longer within thy power; thy attentions become now the plaything of chance; he who would have his commands certainly carried out must take man by surprise.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Men, Attention, Chance

You are certainly wrong to compare suicide ... with great accomplishments, since it cannot be considered as anything but a weakness. After all, it is easier to die than to endure a harrowing life with fortitude.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Suicide, Accomplishment, Weakness

Modern poets mix too much water with their ink. [Ger., Neuere Poeten thun viel Wasser in die Tinte.]

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Water, Ink, Too Much

All professional men are handicapped by not being allowed to ignore things which are useless.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Men, Useless, Handicapped
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1989). “Criticisms, Reflections, and Maxims of Goethe”, Richard West

I do not now begin, - I still adore Her whom I early cherish'd in my breast; Then once again with prudence dispossess'd, And to whose heart I'm driven back once more. The love of Petrarch, that all-glorious love, Was unrequited, and, alas, full sad.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Heart, Unrequited Love, Cherish
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1853). “The Poems of Goethe”, p.285

Superstition is a part of the very being of humanity; and when we fancy that we are banishing it altogether, it takes refuge in the strangest nooks and corners, and then suddenly comes forth again, as soon as it believes itself at all safe.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Believe, Humanity, Fancy
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2015). “Maxims and Reflections”, p.56, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Shows, Defects

It is unpleasant to miss even the most trifling thing to which we have been accustomed.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Missing, Habit, Trifling
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2013). “Delphi Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Illustrated)”, p.726, Delphi Classics

[Nature's] crown is Love. Only through Love can we come near her. She puts gulfs between all things, and all things strive to be interfused. She isolates everything, that she may draw everything together. With a few draughts from the cup of Love she repays for a life full of trouble.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Love, Together, Crowns

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