When the boy begins to understand that the visible point is preceded by an invisible point, that the shortest distance between two points is conceived as a straight line before it is ever drawn with pencil and paper...the fountain of all thought has been opened to him...the philosopher can reveal him nothing new, as a geometrician he has discovered the basis of all thought.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe destiny of any nation at any given time depends on the opinion of its young people, those under twenty-five.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThere is no better deliverance from the world than through art, and a man can form no surer bond with it.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheIf any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe