The thinking person has the strange characteristic to like to create a fantasy in the place of the unsolved problem, a fantasy that stays with the person even when the problem has been solved and truth made its appearance.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheIt is unpleasant to miss even the most trifling thing to which we have been accustomed.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheTime is a strange thing. It is a whimsical tyrant, which in every century has a different face for all that one says and does.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWho are you then?" "I am part of that power which eternally wills evil and eternally works good.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe