The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheIt is in vain that a man of sound mind and cool temper understands the condition of such a wretched being... He can no more communicate his own wisdom to him than a healthy man can instil his strength into the invalid by whose bedside he is seated.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheBy nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that could not become a defect.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheI hate all explanations; they who make them deceive either themselves or the other party,-generally both.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe