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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes about Understanding

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The Bible grows more beautiful, as we grow in our understanding of it.

The Bible grows more beautiful, as we grow in our understanding of it.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Beautiful, Understanding, Grows

A man doesn't learn to understand anything unless he loves it.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Learning, Men, Understanding

To understand one thing well is better than understanding many things by halves.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Understanding, Half, Wells

Theories are usually the over-hasty efforts of an impatient understanding that would gladly be rid of phenomena, and so puts in their place pictures, notions, nay, often mere words.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Effort, Understanding, Impatient
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2015). “Maxims and Reflections”, p.174, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

So long as you live and work, you will be misunderstood; to that you must resign yourself once and for all. Be silent!

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Long, Understanding, Misunderstood

What one doesn't understand one doesn't possess.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Understanding

We love a girl for very different qualities than understanding. We love her for her beauty, her youth, her mirth, her confidingness, her character, with its faults, caprices and God knows what other inexpressible charms; but we do not love her understanding.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Girl, Character, Understanding

Everywhere, we learn only from those whom we love.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Love, Learning, Understanding
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Johann Peter Eckermann (2014). “Conversations of Goethe with Johann Peter Eckermann”, p.160, Ravenio Books

And we went our separate ways without having understood each other. As in this world nobody understands the other easily.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Understanding, World, Way

No one should be rich except those who understand it.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Understanding, Wealth, Rich

What is not fully understood is not possessed.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Knowledge, Understanding, Understood

Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Understanding, Literature, Understanding And Love
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1853). “Goethe's Opinions on the World, Mankind, Literature, Science, and Art”, p.113

The man of understanding finds everything laughable.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Men, Understanding, He Man

All understanding begins in wonder!

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Understanding, Wonder

The few of understanding, vision rare, Who veiled not from the herd their hearts, but tried, Poor generous fools, to lay their feelings bare, Them have men always burnt and crucified.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Heart, Men, Understanding

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