More quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods."
"Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes."
"It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself."
"Ohne Hast, aber ohne Rast. - Without haste, but without rest."
"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."