Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

Knowing is not enough; we must apply!

If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own.

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

Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it.

Wisdom is found only in truth.

The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.

People are so constituted that everybody would rather undertake what they see others do, whether they have an aptitude for it or not.