Today is the birthday of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (August 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832), writer and polymath. He is best known for the two-part drama Faust."There is strong shadow where there is much light."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"A person hears only what they understand."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be."
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!"
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"I love those who yearn for the impossible."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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