Man knows himself only insofar as he knows the world, becoming aware of it if only within himself, and of himself self only within it. Each new subject, well observed, opens up within us a new organ of thought.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheMoral epochs have their course as well as the seasons. We can no more hold them fast than we can hold sun, moon, and stars. Our faults perpetually return upon us; and herein lies the subtlest difficulty of self-knowledge.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThus I reel from desire to fulfillment and in fulfillment languish for desire.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAll sects seem to me to be right in what they assert, and wrong in what they deny.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe