Johann Wolfgang Goethe

"The greatest thing a human being ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what he saw in plain language."

"To rule oneself is the ultimate power."

"There are few people for whom eternal rest is not a boon."

"Generosity increases with age as virtue increases with age."

"The authentic person is the one who can admit to their mistakes."

"Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns."

"One cannot improve people without accepting them."

"The heights by great people reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight."

"Wonder is the first step toward understanding."

"If you wish to know yourself observe how others act; if you wish to understand others, look into your own heart."

"A person cannot govern others until they govern themselves."

"The revolution eats its own children."

"Money is human life converted into abstract form."

"Music is the poetry of the air."

"Freedom is not something you can take or give; it must be cultivated within."

"Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being."

"The important thing is not to stop questioning."

"Life expects and demands that we participate fully in it."

"Let everyone sweep in front of their own door and the whole world will be clean."

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at once."

"Nature never wears the same expression twice."

"Seize the day. Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the curious, a tragedy for the sad, and it's only a drama for those who see beyond themselves."

"The world is composed of nothing but symbols; all that exists is symbolic."

"Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body."

"Science and art belong to the whole world and before them vanish the barriers of nationality."

"The way is long if one follows precepts, but short and helpful if one follows patterns."

"One might compare the shell of a human being to that of a crustacean."

"You cannot teach a person anything; you can only help him find it within himself."

"Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate."

"In the pursuit of happiness, we sometimes miss the happiness in the pursuit."