Just as, out of habit, one consults a run-down clock as though it were still going, so too one may look at the face of a beautiful woman as though he still loved her.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheLet your trouble be Light will follow dark Though the heaven falls You may hear the lark.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheNecessity is cruel, but it is the only test of inward strength. Every fool may live according to his own likings.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheArt is based on a strong sentiment of religion,--on a profound and mighty earnestness; hence it is so prone to co-operate with religion.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe