9 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes on Self improvement

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quotes on self improvement

9. A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world's torrent.

15. In limitations he first shows himself the master, And the law can only bring us freedom.

63. Es irrt der Mensch, so lang er strebt.

83. Wer immer strebend sich bemuht, Den konnen wir erlosen.

98. A reasonable man needs only to practice moderation to find happiness.

113. How can you come to know yourself? Never by thinking, always by doing. Try to do your duty, and you'll know right away what you amount to.

121. Know thyself? If I knew myself, I'd run away.

132. Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.

144. To be pleased with one's limits is a wretched state.