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

“A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.”

“Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.”

“Correction does much, but encouragement does more.”

“Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.”

“Ohne Hast, aber ohne Rast. - Without haste, but without rest.”

“Character develops itself in the stream of life.”

“We don’t know anything about silent sages, buried knowledge, the eye of the mute poet, serene seers, yet how many talkative destroyers, prophets and ideologues, teachers and beautifiers there are on the other side.”

“All our wisdom is stored in the trees.”

“No people who are ignorant can be truly free.”

“Wisdom begins not in knowing answers, but in knowing what must be asked.”

“Nico knew something about ghosts. Letting them get inside your head was dangerous. He wanted to help Reyna, but since his own strategy was to deal with his problems alone, spurning anyone who tried to get close, he couldn’t exactly criticize Reyna for doing the same thing.”

“Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific knowledge and self-knowledge: the serenity to accept the things we cannot predict, the courage to predict the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”