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18+ Best Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes & Wishes
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Updated: October 2026
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We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.
All truly wise thoughts have been already thought thousands of times.
Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths.
In the beginning was the deed.
He who does not know foreign languages does not know anything about his own.
Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.
Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.
Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
A person hears only what they understand.
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
Character develops itself in the stream of life.
He only earns his freedom and his life who takes them every day by storm.
What is the hardest of all? That which seems easiest to your eyes: to see what is before your eyes.
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what they are capable of being.
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.