All that is noble is in itself of a quiet nature, and appears to sleep until it is aroused and summoned forth by contrast.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheIf a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect and performance shall be different.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheMust it ever be thus-that the source of our happiness must also be the fountain of our misery? The full and ardent sentiment which animated my heart with the love of nature, overwhelming me with a torrent of delight, and which brought all paradise before me, has now become an insupportable torment, a demon which perpetually pursues and harrasses me.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheBy nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that could not become a defect.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe