Johann Goethe

"War is the most pestilential of all scourges."

"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship."

"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."

"A man's as miserable as he's decided to be."

"We never know how high we are till we are called to rise."

"There is such a thing as knowledge which makes only itself and nothing else known."

"Art is the effort of man to express, not to expose, his sense of the Universe."

"The beautiful soul lives in complete harmony with all that lies around it."

"Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long shot."

"Nothing is worth more than this day."

"Death is a delayed possibility, and it drives us to what matters."

"There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness."

"The goal is to become a more advanced self, not merely a repetition of what one already is."

"A talent is formed through persistent practice and determination."

"Magic is believing in yourself; if you can do that, you can make anything happen."

"The eye that follows harmony is alone beautiful."

"The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it."

"To a person who values freedom, there is no price too high except the loss of liberty itself."

"The deeper we look into nature, the more we realize that everything is connected."

"A man's worth is determined by the breadth of his interests and the depth of his convictions."

"There is nothing more terrible than to see understanding die in a man's eyes."

"In all things, nature is the best teacher."

"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places."

"Every man's greatest treasure is his family, though he may not recognize it until it is threatened."

"To be productive, one must be free from the tyranny of self-doubt."

"The most wasted of all days is one without laughter."

"A man must have his independence or he is nothing."

"The very thing that makes us human is our capacity to imagine what might be."

"The test of life is whether you are grateful for the opportunity to live it."

"Distance lends enchantment to the view."