Johann Wolfgang Goethe

"Love is the expansion of oneself."

"In every human heart there is a spark of heavenly fire."

"The more we know about the past, the better prepared we are for the future."

"A beautiful woman is capable of almost anything; an ugly woman is capable of anything."

"Nothing is more distressing than a great person who has failed in his duty."

"The painter should not paint only what he sees, but what he will see."

"Those who love deeply never grow old."

"Cleverness is not wisdom."

"The highest you can aspire to is simply to be true."

"To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail."

"One must still have chaos within oneself to give birth to a dancing star."

"Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies."

"Hospitality is the virtue of the open hand."

"A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart."

"The secure man is the dangerous man."

"What is not started this very second will never be finished."

"The greatest fortune is where we use our talents best."

"It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars."

"The great evils of life come upon us slowly and stealthily."

"No safe harbor exists in these tempestuous times."

"Energy and determination are omnipotent."

"That which is hateful, abandon!"

"Only through joy does a person advance."

"Silence has a power all its own."

"One cannot direct the wind, but one can adjust the sails."

"To see in the heart of a man the real obstacles to his progress is wisdom."

"Death is but crossing the world, as friends do the seas."

"Beware of rashness, but with energy enough to overcome the obstacles."

"The highest happiness humans can attain is in learning."

"Whoever prefers duty to pleasure, will be rewarded."