Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"If there were no darkness, we would not treasure the stars."

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

"It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself."

"The worthy man does not beg to be loved; he demands it."

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

"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."

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

"He who has not seen the mountain has not lived."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."

"Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life."

"Mysteries are not necessarily miracles."

"A living man can work; a dead man cannot."

"Do not give me facts, give me understanding."

"When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece."

"The seed of great discovery is often hidden in great disaster."

"A useless life is an early death."

"Talking about things is a good deal like trying to bite one's own teeth."

"There is nothing in the world more important than simple goodness."

"Success is the child of audacity."

"The greatest happiness comes from sacrificing for others."

"What matters is not the length of life, but the depth of it."

"The purpose of life is the continuation of life through love."

"Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it."

"Real love cannot die; it can only deepen with time."

"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions."

"Go toward the light, even when it appears hopeless."

"The more we know, the more we realize we know nothing."

"Freedom lies in being bold."

"Every moment lost is a moment you cannot get back."

"The butterfly is a flying flower, the flower a tethered butterfly."