A great deal may be done by severity, more by love, but most by clear discernment and impartial justice.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheHappy the man who early learns the wide chasm that lies between his wishes and his powers.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheOne does not get to know that one exists until one rediscovers oneself in others.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe soul is indestructible and its activity will continue through eternity. It is like the sun, which, to our eyes, seems to set at night; but it has in reality only gone to diffuse its light elsewhere.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe