All JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Quotes about “Giving”

“Human life runs its course in the metamorphosis between receiving and giving.”
“No two people see the world exactly alike, and different temperaments will often apply the same principle, recognized by both, differently. Even one and the same person won't always maintain the same views and judgments: earlier convictions must give way to later ones.”
“No two men see the world exactly alike, and different temperaments will apply in different ways a principle that they both acknowledge. The same man will, indeed, often see and judge the same things differently on different occasions: early convictions must give way to more mature ones. Nevertheless, may not the opinions that a man holds and expresses withstand all trials, if he only remains true to himself and others?”
“Nature reacts not only to physical disease, but also to moral weakness; when the danger increases; she gives us greater courage”
“Who longs in solitude to live, Ah! soon his wish will gain: Men hope and love, men get and give, and leave him to his pain.”
“Everything that frees our spirit without giving us control of ourselves is ruinous.”
“People do not mind their faults being spread out before them, but they become impatient if called on to give them up.”
“Some people spend the day in complaining of a headache, and the night in drinking the wine that gives it.”
“My counsel is, to force nothing, and rather to trifle and sleep away all unproductive days and hours, than on such days to compose something that will afterwards give no pleasure.”
“How to please the public - that's the test, But nowadays I find I'm in a fix; I know they're not accustomed to the best, But they've all read so much they know the tricks. How can we give then something fresh and new That's serious, but entertaining too?”

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