2,348 Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

If I wasn't a devil myself I'd give Me up to the Devil this very minute.

The moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would have never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings, and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.

Here too it’s masquerade, I find: As everywhere, the dance of mind.I grasped a lovely masked procession,And caught things from a horror show…I’d gladly settle for a false impression,If it would last a little longer, though.

Mefistófeles: “De sol e de mundos nada sei dizer, vejo apenas como os homens se atormentam. O pequeno Deus do mundo [o homem] continua na mesma e está tão admirável assim como no primeiro dia. Um pouco melhor ele viveria, não lhe tivesses dado o brilho da luz celeste; ele chama isto razão e lança mão dela somente para ser mais animalesco do que cada animal.

I've often heard it said, a preacherMight learn, with a comedian for a teacher.

When two men quarrel, who owns the cooler head is the more to blame.”“Из двух ссорящихся более виноват тот, кто умнее” (in Russian)

The way you see people is the way you treat them and the way you treat them is what they become.

Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.

For he who in unsettle times is weak,Adds to the evil, and expands its growth.