Johann Wolfgang Goethe

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

"Dreams are the echo of the future."

"A wise man doesn't give the right answer, he possesses the right questions."

"Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it."

"The duty of a young man is to substitute ideals for idols."

"All things are only intermediate; all things are fleeting."

"The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires."

"Creativity comes from constraint."

"In all things, moderation is the answer."

"If you treat an individual as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be."

"The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high water."

"Freedom and liberty lose their meaning if they are interpreted as doing whatever one likes."

"The human heart desires the good, but sight is often deceived."

"Patience is the virtue of asses."

"Every phase of human existence has its own beauty."

"A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it."

"There is nothing to which men are so easily reconciled as to poverty."

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."

"Life is not matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well."

"The man who never made a mistake never tried anything new."

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

"Character is formed not by laws, edicts, or decrees, but by the collective influence of good examples."

"Music is the mediator between the intellectual and sensual aspects of life."

"The highest happiness is when a man's desires coincide with his duties."

"A man is not old until regrets take the place of his dreams."

"Nothing is harder to understand than a symbolic work; nothing is easier than to create a symbolic one."

"The world is so full of a number of things that I am sure we should all be as happy as kings."

"Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is most important that you do it."

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

"The world belongs to the energetic."