God could cause us considerable embarrassment by revealing all the secrets of nature to us: we should not know what to do for sheer apathy and boredom.
Johann Wolfgang von GoethePaternity is based anyhow only upon conviction: I am convinced, therefore, I am the father.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheI reverence the individual who understands distinctly what he wishes; who unweariedly advances, who knows the means conducive to his object, and can seize and use them.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheGood children's literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe