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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on Freedom

1749–1832 Germany

← All quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

5 quotes

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

Elective Affinities (1809)

Of freedom and of life he only is deserving
Who every day must conquer them anew.

Faust, Part 2 (1832)

In limitations he first shows himself the master,
And the law can only bring us freedom.

Was Wir Bringen (1802)

Merely to breathe freely does not mean to live.

Yes! to this thought I hold with firm persistence;
The last result of wisdom stamps it true;
He only earns his freedom and existence
Who daily conquers them anew.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.