Johann Goethe

"Keep on striving and the path will appear."

"The highest wish of a thinking man is to make the unknown known."

"We know only two kinds of forces: the power of love and the force of fear."

"There is always a certain madness in any invention; yet often it is the only way to grow."

"The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting it too low and achieving our mark."

"To be aware of one's limitations is already a great achievement."

"Life is meant for living, and connection is meant for bonding."

"The pursuit of happiness has always been the highest human right."

"A day without beauty is like a day without nourishment."

"That which we do not bring to consciousness will direct our lives and we will call it fate."

"One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and speak a few reasonable words."

"The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain sentence."

"Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do."

"If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things."

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

"Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it; boldness has genius, power and magic in it."

"There is nothing to fear except fear itself."

"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you."

"Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow."

"In love and in cooking, you must have courage and imagination."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."

"Art is the only way to run away without leaving home."

"Pause and be grateful for life as it passes; moments go unnoticed."

"The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness."

"Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own."

"Talent develops in stillness, character in the stream of the world."

"We are shaped and fashioned by what we love."

"The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too."

"A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food."

"To live in the world without losing your way to it requires grace."