It is equally a mistake to hold one's self too high, or to rate one's self too cheap.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheTo tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheA stated truth loses its grace, but a repeated error appears insipid and ridiculous.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe thinking person has the strange characteristic to like to create a fantasy in the place of the unsolved problem, a fantasy that stays with the person even when the problem has been solved and truth made its appearance.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe