Johann Wolfgang Goethe

"We are shaped by our own thoughts; we become what we think."

"To ignore the arts and sciences is to ignore the fullness of human potential."

"The wound is the place where the Light enters you."

"What we plant now, we harvest later."

"The greatest respect an artist can pay to public taste is to ignore it."

"Every day is a gift, not a given."

"Patience is a bitter plant, but it bears sweet fruit."

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

"Whatever requires an uninterrupted flow of attention cannot be perfect unless that attention comes from love."

"Every limitation is a doorway to greater understanding."

"The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of."

"To exist is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often."

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

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

"There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt."

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

"The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough."

"Talent is developed in solitude; character is formed in the stream of human life."

"Everything you want is on the other side of fear."

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

"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him."

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

"If you want to understand others, look into your own heart."

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

"He who would do some great thing in this world must not hesitate at shedding blood."

"A man's errors are his portals of discovery."

"The beautiful unites with the good in the idea of happiness."

"Whatever you can conceive and believe, you can achieve."

"Art is the response to the demand for entertainment, for the stimulation of our senses and imagination."

"In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future, and bonds to one another."