If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAccepting good advice means nothing other than to strengthen one's own ability.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAll sects seem to me to be right in what they assert, and wrong in what they deny.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheBasic characteristics of an individual organism: to divide, to unite, to merge into the universal, to abide in the particular, to transform itself, to define itself, and as living things tend to appear under a thousand conditions, to arise and vanish, to solidify and melt, to freeze and flow, to expand and contract. Since these effects occur together, any or all may occur at the same moment.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe