What must the English and French think of the language of our philosophers when we Germans do not understand it ourselves?
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAnd I have again observed, my dear friend, in this trifling affair, that misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than even malice and wickedness. At all events, the two latter are of less frequent occurrence.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheHow can one learn to know oneself? Never by introspection, rather by action.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe