The one who acts is always without conscience; nobody has a conscience but the contemplative person.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWhatever we think out, whatever we take in hand to do, should be perfectly and finally finished, that the world, if it must alter, will only have to spoil it; we have then nothing to do but unite the severed, to recollect and restore the dismembered.
Johann Wolfgang von GoethePeople who think honestly and deeply have a hostile attitude towards the public.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheDon't say that you want to give, but go ahead and give! You'll never catch up with a mere hope.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe