When the healthy nature of man acts as a whole, when he feels himself to be in the world as in a great, beautiful, noble, and valued whole, when harmonious ease affords him a pure and free delight, then the universe, if it could experience itself, would exult, as having attained its goal, and admire the climax of its own becoming and essence.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheA vi'let on the meadow grew, That no one saw, that no one knew, It was a modest flower. A shepherdess pass'd by that way-- Light footed, pretty and so gay; That way she came, Softly warbling forth her lay.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe world sees only the reflection of merit; therefore when you come to know a really great man intimately, you may as often find him above as below his reputation.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheMusic is so elevated that it is beyond the reach of intellect and there flows from it an influence which is all-potent, and which noone can explain.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe