Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes about Contemplation

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Self knowledge is best learned not by contemplation, but by action.

Self knowledge is best learned not by contemplation, but by action.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Self, Action, Contemplation

The one who acts is always without conscience; nobody has a conscience but the contemplative person.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Action, Contemplation, Contemplative

Taste is only to be educated by contemplation, not of the tolerably good but of the truly excellent.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Taste, Excellent, Contemplation

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Johann Peter Eckermann (2014). “Conversations of Goethe with Johann Peter Eckermann”, p.83, Ravenio Books

Taste is only to be educated by contemplation, not of the tolerably good but of the truly excellent. I therefore show you only the best works; and when you are grounded in these, you will have a standard for the rest, which you will know how to value, without overrating them.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Taste, Excellent, Contemplation

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Johann Peter Eckermann, Frédéric Jacob Soret (1850). “Conversations of Goethe with Eckermann and Soret”, p.137