Freedom consists not in refusing to recognize anything above us, but in respecting something which is above us; for by respecting it, we raise ourselves to it, and, by our very acknowledgment, prove that we bear within ourselves what is higher, and are worthy to be on a level with it.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheHe who has art and science also has religion, but those who do not have them better have religion.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheSome books seem to have been written, not to teach us anything, but to let us know that the author has known something.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe