Words are good, but there is something better. The best is not to be explained by words. The spirit in which we act is the chief matter. Action can only be understood and represented by the spirit.


Wilhelm Meister's apprenticeship (ed. 1855)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

Words are good, but there is something better. The best is not to be explained by words. The spirit in which we act is the chief matter. Action can...

Words are good, but there is something better. The best is not to be explained by words. The spirit in which we act is the chief matter. Action can...

Words are good, but there is something better. The best is not to be explained by words. The spirit in which we act is the chief matter. Action can...

Words are good, but there is something better. The best is not to be explained by words. The spirit in which we act is the chief matter. Action can...