Creative Quotations from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Aug 28

[LuigiHeinrichV]

Why The Overture of the opera "Le Nozze di Figaro" by Mozzart????????.....

[LetsAllBeBestFriends]

I love his middlename.. Wolfgang, haha.

[mynameismeowth]

the intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the SENSIBLE man hardly anything.

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[xaxie1]

Its a shame Goethe is under apreciated :(

[curlysue27]

what is the obsession with IQ please?

[1987Bateman]

@cyrush I'm not sure if I agree with that although he was a great and humble man

[1987Bateman]

Goethe is a monumental favourite of mine. Faust is an immaculately alluring work. As well as Elective Affinities. An influential genius in my opinion

[wrathofvengance67]

@1987Bateman wasn't Goethe a Luthuren?

[cay311]

what mozart was for music, goethe was for literature!

[ParacelsusXXXHadas]

What's his IQ? REPLY PLEASE. TNX :)

[Illkiron]

@ParacelsusXXXHadas Look, IQ isnt the best way to measure intelligence, but I think his IQ was about 180-210 depending on the type of test

[keverinkarama]

@ParacelsusXXXHadas preety high around the 200's

[abysss24]

My fav. quote of Goethe is:

"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free."

[xaxie1]

@abysss24

What does it mean though?

[abysss24]

@xaxie1 : I see the explanation basically this way:

Make a slave that can believe he's free, and he will be your slave forever.

[SounzNice]

weak quotes for supposedly a smart dude.

[ClNDl]

Wer fremde Sprache nicht kennt, weiss nichts von seiner eigenen is one of my favorite Goethe quotes.

[sulle07]

Another great quote:

"The teachings of Islam can fail under no circumstances. With all our systems of culture and civilization, we cannot go beyond Islam and, as a matter of fact, no human mind can go beyond the Koran."

Johann Goethe, cited in Sir Henry Elliot's Letters of Johann Goethe, 1865

I do believe, that he was muslim, but in any case he is one of the greatest poets of our time.

[k9triz]

if only if he were alive today, i think he'd promptly take that back.

[SwordAnswer]

If you think That Goethe would be influenced by the media just like you are, than.... Think again =)

Koran is the most "poethic" book on earth, read it and tell me if its true or not (I am christian besides)

[cowboydan1991]

Very thought-provoking quotes.

[MhicWombat]

Goethe was amazing -- his words and works still inspire awe, admiration, humour, and thought.

[cyrush5n1]

THE GREATEST MAN WHO EVER LIVED

[Pemama]

The cusp of european culture

[killuminati43]

The greatest German and one- if not the greatest European.

[germanprincess95]

ahah!!i love him!!

[Stake2]

A great man.

[ambera15]

A Puerto Rican school named after him ?

[killuminati43]

Well, I dont know if there actually is a school named after him. But if there is, it wouldnt be a surprise to me. There is a sizeable number of P.Ricans with german ancestory. So maybe. I would love it, the whole world should honor this remarkable man.

[TheCanadianPrairies]

Awesome video. Goethe is one of my favorite authors and this video only makes me appreciate him even more.

[Flamebreakers]

I agree with teh first quote

[whydoyounotbutwhat]

thats a thinker