He who would reproach an author for obscurity should look into his own mind to see whether it is quite clear there. In the dusk the plainest writing is illegible.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheOur passions are true phoenixes; as the old burn out the new straight rise up from the ashes.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThis being busied with thoughts of immortality is for the noble classes and especially for women with nothing to do. A solid person, though, someone who already intends to be something worthy here, and who therefore has to strive daily, has to struggle and work, gives the world to come a rest.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe