Goethe
From 1774 on, Goethe was intimately acquainted with Lavater, but later had a falling out with him, accusing him of superstition and hypocrisy.
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Famous quotes containing the word goethe:
“Whatever liberates our spirit, without also giving us mastery over ourselves, is destructive.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“Each one of us must carry within the proof of immortality, it cannot be given from outside of us. To be sure, everything in nature is change but behind the change there is something eternal.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“The safest thing is always to try to convert everything that is in us and around us into action; let the others talk and argue about it as they please.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)