“One never goes so far as when one doesn't know where one is going.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German writer, artist, and politician
Letter to Carl Friedrich Zelter (3 December 1812)
"So It Goes" on Jesus of Cool (1978) - (1978 performance) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O4GagrfqO8
“One never goes so far as when one doesn't know where one is going.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German writer, artist, and politician
Letter to Carl Friedrich Zelter (3 December 1812)
“As the family goes, so goes the nation, and so goes the whole world in which we live.”
Pope John Paul II (1920–2005) 264th Pope of the Catholic Church, saint
Homily of John Paul II at Perth, Australia on 30 November 1986 during Apostolic Pilgrimage to Bangladesh, Singapore, Fiji Islands, New Zealand, Australia and Seychelles. Archived https://web.archive.org/web/20220416102543/https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/homilies/1986/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_19861130_perth-australia.html from the original https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/homilies/1986/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_19861130_perth-australia.html on April 16, 2022. <br class="br">Other Quotes by Pope John Paul II
Aberjhani (1957) author
(The Poet Angels Who Came to Dinner, p. 8).
Book Sources, The River of Winged Dreams (2010)
“So far as consciousness goes, one does one's thinking before one knows what he is to think about.”
Edwin Boring (1886–1968) American psychologist
Source: A History of Experimental Psychology, 1929, p. 397: Cited in: Jay M. Jackson (2013) Social Psychology, Past and Present: An Integrative Orientation, p. 28
“As the parish goes, so goes the faith of the people.”
Anthony Pilla (1932) auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, titular Bishop of Scardona, Bishop of Cleveland
from Vibrant Parish Life http://web.archive.org/web/20020826224835/http://www.dioceseofcleveland.org/vibrantparishlife/vpl_initiative.html, a pastoral letter published in 2001.
“Talk about your life
I'd like to know
It's not easy going
Where no-one goes
And no-one knows…”
Mike Oldfield (1953) English musician, multi-instrumentalist
Song lyrics, Discovery (1984)
Kurt Vonnegut book Slaughterhouse-Five
Recurring statement throughout the novel on the subject of life, death and mortal existence.
Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)
Billy Joel (1949) American singer-songwriter and pianist
And So It Goes.
Song lyrics, Storm Front (1989)
“As the world of chips and glass fibers and wireless waves goes, so goes the rest of the world.”
Kevin Kelly (1952) American author and editor
Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems and the Economic World (1995), New Rules for the New Economy: 10 Radical Strategies for a Connected World (1999)
“Where Attention goes Energy flows; Where Intention goes Energy flows!”
James Redfield (1950) American author, lecturer, screenwriter and film producer