There is no trifling with nature; it is always true, grave, and severe; it is always in the light, and the faults and errors fall to our share. It defies incompetency, but reveals its secrets to the competent, the truthful, and the pure.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAgainst criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheYour messages I hear, but faith has not been given; The dearest child of Faith is Miracle.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe