Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheI have learned much from disease which life could have never taught me anywhere else.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheSince you know me and my destiny only too well, you probably also know what attracts me to all unfortunate people.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheIf one doesn't know one's own country, one doesn't have standards for foreign countries.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe