Johann Wolfgang von GoetheA collection of 87 posts

Society

One can be instructed in society one is inspired only in solitude.

Religion

The Christian religion though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itsel...

Poetry

Superstition is the poetry of life.

Peace

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the h...

Peace

On all the peaks lies peace.

Nature

In nature we never see anything isolated but everything in connection with some...

Nature

One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.

Nature

Nature knows no pause in progress and development and attaches her curse on all...

Music

Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity and here ...

Money

Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it ...