Energy will do anything that can be done in the world; and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities will make a two-legged animal a man without it.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheOne ought, everyday, to hear a song, read a fine poem, and, if possible, to speak a few reasonable words.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWho can think wise or stupid things at all that were not thought already in the past.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe most difficult thing is what is thought to be the simplest; to really see the things which are before your eyes.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe