Quote of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - All theory, dear friend, is...

Biography - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:

German writer and statesman.
Born: 1749 - Died: 1832
Period:
19th century
18th century
Place of birth: Germany
Germany

Source: Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy

Quote

All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green,"
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy

All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green,

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Translation

(French, German, Italian)

Grise, mon ami, est toute théorie,
Mais vert est l'arbre d'or de la vie."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Faust. Une tragédie

Grau, teurer Freund, ist alle Theorie und grün des Lebens goldner Baum."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Faust. Eine Tragödie

E' grigia, caro amico, qualunque teoria. Verde è l'albero d'oro della vita."

Quotes about life:

There is more to life than increasing its speed."
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To live means to love, but above all, to love life."
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Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life."
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My life is my message."
Mahatma Gandhi

life

Where there is love there is life."
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Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."
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All about life

Quotes for: theory:

Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play."
Immanuel Kant

theory

A theory which is not refutable by any conceivable event is non-scientific. Irrefutability is not a virtue of a theory (as people often think) but a vice."
Karl Popper - Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge

Philosophy aims at the logical clarification of thoughts. Philosophy is not a body of doctrine but an activity."
Ludwig Wittgenstein - Tractatus Logico-philosophicus

If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts."
Albert Einstein

theory

I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to move at all."
Alexis de Tocqueville

theory

Scientific theory is a contrived foothold in the chaos of living phenomena."
Wilhelm Reich

All for: theory

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe also said...

We know accurately only when we know little; with knowledge, doubt increases."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Maxims and Reflections

The aim of living is Life itself."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

life

Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Willing is not enough; we must do."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Each one sees what he carries in his heart."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy

heart

Be humanity evermore our goal."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Human nature

Every attraction is reciprocal."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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