Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quote

All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, till they take firm root in our personal experience.


Wilhelm Meister's Wanderjahre (Journeyman Years) (1821-1829)


All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, till they...

All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, till they...

All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, till they...

All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, till they...