Man believes himself always greater than he is, and is esteemed less than he is worth. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I’ve often heard it said a preacher might learn with a comedian for a teacher. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
All sects seem to me to be right in what they assert, and wrong in what they deny. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
True art can only spring from the intimate linking of the serious and the playful. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Those who have no hope for a future life are already dead for the present one. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
He who does not know foreign languages does not know anything about his own. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
All professional men are handicapped by not being allowed to ignore things — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There are people who make no mistakes because they never wish to do anything worth doing. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
As all Nature’s thousands changes But one changeless God proclaim; So in — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe