We're only really thinking when we can't think out fully what we are really thinking about!
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheContinue to make the demands of the day your immediate concern, and take occasion to test the purity of your hearts and the steadfastness of your spirits. When you then take a deep breath and rise above the cares of this world and in an hour of leisure, you will surely win the proper frame of mind to face devoutly what is above us, with reverence, seeing in all events the manifestation of a higher guidance.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheIf you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWe usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAs for solitude, I cannot understand how certain people seek to lay claim to intellectual stature, nobility of soul and strength of character, yet have not the slightest feeling for seclusion; for solitude, I maintain, when joined with a quiet contemplation of nature, a serene and conscious faith in creation and the Creator, and a few vexations from outside is the only school for a mind of lofty endowment.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe