A mathematician is only perfect insofar as he is a perfect man, sensitive to the beauty of truth.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWanted: A dog that neither barks nor bites, eats broken glass and shits diamonds.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheBeware of dissipating your powers; strive constantly to concentrate them.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheFortunately, we can take in only so much misfortune; what exceeds that limit either destroys us or leaves us indifferent.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheSeldom in the business and transactions of ordinary life, do we find the sympathy we want.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe flowers of life are but visionary. How many pass away and leave no trace behind! How few yield any fruit,--and the fruit itself, how rarely does it ripen! And yet there are flowers enough; and is it not strange, my friend, that we should suffer the little that does really ripen to rot, decay, and perish unenjoyed?
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe