Thus one can observe that those who proclaim piety as their goal and purpose usually turn into hypocrites.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe soul is indestructible and its activity will continue through eternity. It is like the sun, which, to our eyes, seems to set at night; but it has in reality only gone to diffuse its light elsewhere.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe best genius is that which absorbs and assimilates everything without doing the least violence to its fundamental destiny.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheIf you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe