Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Activity and rest are two vital aspects of life. To find a rhythm that includes both is a necessary and difficult art."

"There are only three true things: God, folly, and laughter. Since the first two pass understanding, we must do what we can with the third."

"The masses have never thirsted after truth. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master."

"Science is the knowledge of many, orderly and methodical truths, our mind is formed by it."

"Whatever is significant is magnetic."

"The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness along the path which uses that talent."

"The most important political office is that of the private citizen."

"Patience is a conquering virtue."

"What is important is that one acts; not that one thinks."

"There is strong shadow where there is much light."

"The task of art is to save the soul of mankind; and anything less is a dithering while Rome burns."

"To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise."

"Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality."

"Be bold enough to live in your own truth."

"The gratitude that is most meaningful is the gratitude that goes beyond words."

"What matters in life is not the point at which you stand, but the direction in which you are moving."

"Let them but give the day that is yet to be born."

"Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being."

"Who looks outward dreams; who looks inward awakes."

"The pure present moment is an instant of time and therefore has no duration."

"When ideas fail, words come in very handy."

"Tell me with whom you associate, and I will tell you who you are."

"Truth belongs to the enlightened; error to the masses."

"Generosity is the noblest of the virtues."

"What one does is what matters, not what one had the intention of doing."

"The highest happiness is to take pride in your work."

"How can we not take seriously the people who take us seriously?"

"Everyone is a child of their time; but not every one is a child of their family."

"Love is not something that one person can have toward another; only between two people."

"Lose yourself in the exuberance of the moment."