Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes About Religion
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He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs religion.
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Since I have heard often enough that everyone in the end has his own religion, nothing seemed more natural to me than to fashion my own.
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Religion is not in want of art; it rests on its own majesty.
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To have a positive religion is not necessary. To be in harmony with yourself and the universe is what counts, and this is possible without positive and specific formulation in words.
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Do not, I beg you, look for anything behind phenomena. They are themselves their own lesson.
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If you want to reach the infinite, then explore every aspect of the finite.
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He who has art and science also has religion, but those who do not have them better have religion.
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A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.
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True religion teaches us to reverence what is under us, to recognize humility and poverty, and, despite mockery and disgrace, wretchedness, suffering, and death, as things divine.
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If you have science and art, You also have religion; But if you don't have them, You better have religion.
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The greatest act of faith takes place when a man finally decides that he is not God.
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Oh God, how do the world and heavens confine themselves, when our hearts tremble in their own barriers!
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Hell begins the day that God grants you the vision to see all that you could have done, should have done, and would have done, but did not do.
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If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Born: August 28, 1749
- Died: March 22, 1832
- Occupation: Writer