Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

If you didn’t write it down, you didn’t say it.

If You Do Not Write It, You Never Said It

When you have something in black and white, you can deal with it quicker.

Documents create a paper reality we call proof.

You cannot be too certain of anything unless you have it in hand.

My observations are not bread crumbs. They do not dissolve. They are on record, on film printed in books, and found on the Internet. I am happy to share them. For this I was born.

I don't have to have faith, I have experience.

Here is my theory on this one. If you write things down, if there is a mystery and you try and explain it, once you've written it down for permanent, in due time, it'll be proven stupid.

Security is when everything is settled, when nothing can happen to you; security is the denial of life.

To me faith means not worrying.

Do exactly what you would do if you felt most secure.

Argument is conclusive, but it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless it finds it by the method of experiment.

It's peaceful for people to know how their lives are going to be, pretty much.

A proof tells us where to concentrate our doubts.

People want security in this insecure world.

I'm comfortable and confident about the future.

Let one persuade many, and he becomes confirmed and convinced, and cares for no better evidence.

The palest ink is better than the best memory.

The public always prefers to be reassured. There are those whose job this is. There are only too many.

My training is documented on film.

Protect yourself by always having a record of what transpired or was said in any situation that might be considered sensitive.

The word of knowledge, strictly employed, implies three things: truth, proof, and conviction.

I wanted proof, not promises.

I still love to go back to Mitchell [his home town] and wander up and down those streets. It just kind of reassures me again that there is a place that I know thoroughly, where the roots are deep. Everything had a place, a specific definition.

I would like to tell you that I am, and you will one day be, forever safe.