Happy contractedness of youth, nay, of mankind in general, that they think neither of the high nor the deep, of the true nor the false, but only of what is suited to their own conceptions.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAs long as you don't practice it, this dying and becoming, You are only a dreary guest on this dark earth.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheProperly speaking, we learn from those books only that we cannot judge. The author of a book that I am competent to criticise would have to learn from me.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe