Legislators and revolutionaries who promise both equality and liberty are visionaries and charlatans.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWithout my attempts in natural science, I should never have learned to know mankind such as it is. In nothing else can we so closely approach pure contemplation and thought, so closely observe the errors of the senses and of the understanding, the weak and strong points of character.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheIf you want to reach the infinite, then explore every aspect of the finite.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe