Flowers are the beautiful hieroglyphics of nature with which she indicates how much she loves us.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe question "From where does the poet get it?" addresses only the what, nobody learns anything about the how when asking that question.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheYou can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
Johann Wolfgang von GoethePity on the person who has become accustomed to seeing in necessity something arbitrary, who ascribes to the arbitrary some sort of reason, and even claims that following that sort of reason has religious value.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe