Faust Quotes

“So give me back that time again, When I was still ‘becoming’,    [185] When words gushed like a fountain In new, and endless flowing, Then for me mists veiled the world, In every bud the wonder glowed, A thousand flowers I unfurled,    [190] That every valley, richly, showed. I had nothing, yet enough: Joy in illusion, thirst for truth. Give every passion, free to move, The deepest bliss, filled with pain,    [195] The force of hate, the power of love, Oh, give me back my youth again!”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust: Parts I & II

“Age doesn’t make us childish, as they say, It finds that we’re still children.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust: Parts I & II

“Tear wide open those dark gates boldly Which the whole world skulks past with averted heads. The time has come to disprove by deeds,”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust: A Tragedy, Parts One and Two

“THE LORD As long as Faustus walks the earth I shan’t, I promise, interfere. While still man strives, still he must err.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust: A Tragedy, Parts One and Two