Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"This is the true measure of love: when we believe that we alone can love, that no one could ever have loved so before us, and that no one will ever love in the same way after us."

"Let mental culture go on advancing, let the natural sciences progress in even greater extent and depth, and the human mind widen itself as much as it desires: beyond the elevation and moral culture of Christianity, as it shines forth in the Gospels, it will not go."

"Let mental culture go on advancing, let the natural sciences progress in even greater extent and depth, and the human mind widen itself as much as it desires: beyond the elevation and moral culture of Christianity, as it shines forth in the Gospels, it will not go."

"The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden."

"There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings."

"The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving."

"The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it."

"Know thyself? If I knew myself, I'd run away."

"Love does not dominate; it cultivates."

"Ohne Hast, aber ohne Rast. - Without haste, but without rest."

"Nothing is worth more than this day."

"Truth has to be repeated constantly, because Error also is being preached all the time, and not just by a few, but by the multitude. In the Press and Encyclopaedias, in Schools and Universities, everywhere Error holds sway, feeling happy and comfortable in the knowledge of having Majority on its side."

"He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth."

"Love can do much, but duty more."

"Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!"

"To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods."

"At the moment of commitment the entire universe conspires to assist you."

"Let mental culture go on advancing, let the natural sciences progress in even greater extent and depth, and the human mind widen itself as much as it desires: beyond the elevation and moral culture of Christianity, as it shines forth in the Gospels, it will not go."

"Man is not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out what he has to do; and to restrain himself within the limits of his comprehension."

"The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art."