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The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.

The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wisdom, Moving, Believe

All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, until they take root in our personal experience.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wise, Wisdom, Time
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Stuart Blackie (1883). “The Wisdom of Goethe”, Edinburgh, W. Blackwood

Wisdom is found only in truth.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wisdom, Truth, Found

Willing is not enough, we must do.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wise, Wisdom, Enough

Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wise, Wisdom, Men

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Life, Softball, Wisdom
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Walter Arnold Kaufmann (1961). “Faust: part one and sections from part two”

A teacher who can arouse a feeling for one single good action, for one single good poem, accomplishes more than he who fills our memory with rows and rows of natural objects, classified with name and form.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wisdom, Teacher, Memories
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2016). “Elective Affinities”, p.175, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wisdom, Powerful, Freedom
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1853). “Goethe's Opinions on the World, Mankind, Literature, Science, and Art”, p.3

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wise, Wisdom, Literature
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Stuart Blackie (1883). “The Wisdom of Goethe”, Edinburgh, W. Blackwood

Yes! to this thought I hold with firm persistence; The last result of wisdom stamps it true; He only earns his freedom and existence Who daily conquers them anew.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wisdom, Freedom, Persistence
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1912). “Faust”

Wisdom is only found in truth.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wisdom, Judgment, Found
"Goethes Sprüche in Prosa: Maximen und Reflexionen". Book by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, III,

What we do not understand we do not possess.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Education, Wisdom, Learning
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2012). “The Goethe Treasury: Selected Prose and Poetry”, p.294, Courier Corporation

The child, offered the mother's breast, Will not in the beginning grab it; But soon it clings to it with zest. And thus at wisdom's copious breasts You'll drink each day with greater zest.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Mother, Wisdom, Children
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Walter Arnold Kaufmann (1963). “Goethe's Faust: part one and sections from part two”, Anchor

It would not be worth your while to reach the age of seventy if all the wisdom of the world were to be foolishness before God.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wisdom, Age, World

The unnatural, that too is natural.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wisdom, Nature, Sexuality

Wisdom is only found in truth. [Ger., Die Weisheit ist nur in der Wahrheit.]

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wisdom, Found, Dies

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