Philosophy Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Knowing is not enough; we must apply!”

“Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.”

“In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.”

“In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.”

“No one has ever properly understood me, I have never fully understood anyone; and no one understands anyone else”

“Character develops itself in the stream of life.”

“I am the man who loves his life. I am the man who does not sacrifice his love or his values.”

“The danger today is in believing there are no sick people, there is only a sick society.”

“True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.”

“Here is your great soul—the man who has given himself over to Fate; on the other hand, that man is a weakling and a degenerate who struggles and maligns the order of the universe and would rather reform the gods than reform himself.”

“I feel tired. Or reckless. Or maybe brave.”

“Where the populace eat and drink, and even where they reverence, it is accustomed to stink.”