Brave is the lion tamer, brave is the world subduer, but braver is the one who has subdued himself.
Johann Gottfried HerderIt is easier to make a lady of a peasant-girl than a peasant-girl of a lady.
Johann Gottfried HerderThus we build on the ice, thus we write on the waves of the sea; the waves roaring pass away, the ice melts, and away goes our palace, like our thoughts.
Johann Gottfried Herder