Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"The only reasonable thing is to accept what we cannot change."

"How can we live when we cannot even grieve?"

"Dwell in possibilities."

"I wish the man of talent a thousand blessings and a long life."

"All those who achieve great deeds must first dream great dreams."

"Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it."

"The end of all knowing is to know ourselves. The end of all philosophy is peace."

"There are none so enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free."

"Art is the effort of man to express his understanding of beauty."

"I am always content with what happens, for I know that what God sends is better than what I would choose."

"The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly."

"Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it is not going away."

"An unused life is an early death."

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

"Our desires always disappoint us, for even if we obtain our wishes we fain discover that the object of our wishes was not the object we believed it to be."

"No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see."

"The person who says it is impossible should not interrupt the person doing it."

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

"If you want to know yourself, observe how others react to you."

"The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action."

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

"The beautiful is what we perceive as a reflection of truth."

"Everything is only for a day, both that which remembers and that which is remembered."

"Tell me what you read, and I'll tell you what you are."

"Nature does not proceed by leaps."

"There is nothing to which men cling more tenaciously than their prejudices."

"The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable."

"Creativity is intelligence having fun."

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

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."