Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men…

A useless life is an early death…

We can’t form our children on our own concepts we must take them and love…

Age merely shows what children we remain…

Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity, and here has…

He who possesses art and science has religion he who does not possess them, needs…

We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright…

On all the peaks lies peace…

To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods…

Love can do much, but duty more…

It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we…

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes…

We cannot fashion our children after our desires, we must have them and love them…

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth…

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of…