Lamps make oil-spots and candles need snuffing; it is only the light of heaven that shines pure and leaves no stain.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheEverything perfect in its kind has to transcend its own kind, it must become something different and incomparable. In some notes the nightingale is still a bird; then it rises above its class and seems to suggest to every winged creature what singing is truly like.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheIf you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe