More quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, until they take root in our personal experience."
"To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods."
"The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art."
"Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes."
"Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!"