Character: J. W. Goethe. Page 2

Raise servants from boys and mothers from girls, and everything will be all right.

The crowd will betray everything to ridicule.

The historical process should be dominated by moral, not material development; the course of history itself should be slow and gradual.

A person is only happy when his boundless striving sets a limit for itself.

Humanism does not consist in sharpening the struggle, but in realizing the unity of man and the world, reason and reality: in recognizing the status quo and educating the human race.

Can't a human mind dream?

Why am I, in fact, against freedom of the press? Because it breeds mediocrity. The limiting law is beneficial, for the opposition that does not know the bridle becomes flat. Restrictions, on the other hand, force you to be resourceful.

I have more and more virtues, but I am less and less virtuous.

I loved her too much to pay attention to her.

I bow to Christ as to divine revelation, the highest principle of morality.

I have always been considered a special lucky person, I will not complain and scold my life. But, in essence, she was only labor and work; in my 75 years, it is unlikely that I have spent four weeks for pleasure. My life was the eternal rolling of a stone that had to be lifted again.

Whatever it is, life is still good.

The best joy is to live in yourself.

People consider divine only the one who imagines everyone to do as he pleases.