More quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Love does not dominate; it cultivates."
"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."
"Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!"
"There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings."
"If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be."