If you treat men the way they are you never improve them. If you treat them the way you want them to be, you do.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheNormally, the sciences distance themselves from life and the return to it via a detour.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWhat sort of faults may we retain, nay, even cherish in ourselves? Those faults which are rather pleasant than offensive to others.
Johann Wolfgang von GoethePiety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe