Love, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

That is the true season of love, when we believe that we alone can love, that no one could ever have loved so before us, and that no one will love in the same way after us.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

Courtesy, Goethe

There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From it springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

Arts, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The true, prescriptive artist strives after artistic truth; the lawless artist, following blind instinct, after an appearance of naturalness. The one leads to the highest peaks of art, the other to its lowest depths.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

Arts, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

Universe, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

Advice, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if possible, speak a few reasonable words.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

Hero, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

One cannot always be a hero, but one can always be a human.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)