The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheOnce more I am a wanderer, a pilgrim, through the world. But what else are you?
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheOur mistakes and failures are always the first to strike us, and outweigh in our imagination what we have accomplished and attained.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheTo measure up to all that is demanded of him, a man must overestimate his capacities
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheNature! We live in her midst and know her not. She is incessantly speaking to us, but betrays not her secret. We constantly act upon her, and yet have no power over her. Variant: NATURE! We are surrounded and embraced by her: powerless to separate ourselves from her, and powerless to penetrate beyond her.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe