The greatest genius will not be worth much if he pretends to draw exclusively from his own resources
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe sickness of the heart is most easily got rid of by complaining and soothing confidence.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe theater has often been at variance with the pulpit; they ought not to quarrel. How much is it to be wished that in both the celebration of nature and of God were intrusted to none but men of noble minds.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheHe who would reproach an author for obscurity should look into his own mind to see whether it is quite clear there. In the dusk the plainest writing is illegible.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe