Johann Wolfgang Goethe

"A simple maxim is often a great truth."

"The greatest genius is the most indebted man."

"Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess."

"In all things one should consider the end."

"The moment of change is the only poem."

"Every person contains multitudes."

"Do not mistake comfort for peace."

"The day before us is a new canvas to be painted."

"A man can stand almost anything except a succession of ordinary days."

"If I love you, what business is it of yours?"

"Let him who believes in immortality enjoy his happiness in silence."

"To live greatly is to think greatly."

"The past cannot be changed; the future is yet in your power."

"Doubt grows with knowledge."

"One must have studied thoroughly in order to be ignorant well."

"The hardest thing is to see what is in front of one's eyes."

"Spirit is eternal; it cannot be born and cannot die."

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

"The way to wisdom is to study all things."

"Everything that is born must die."

"Generous people do not ask for thanks."

"The difficulty increases with the approach to the goal."

"Nature is always trying to express herself; we must be open to her messages."

"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."

"Music is a higher revelation than philosophy."

"The noblest satisfaction is to feel that you have done good."

"Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others and in their pleasure takes joy."

"The world is bound to each person by a single thread."

"In all human relations, words and gestures matter less than the eye speaks."

"A person either moves toward the light or away from it, and the choice is their own."