There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheA man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWe all walk in mysteries. We are surrounded by an atmosphere about which we still know nothing at all.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAccepting good advice means nothing other than to strengthen one's own ability.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheYou will find the most pronounced hatred of other nations on the lowest cultural levels. There is, though, a level where the hatred disappears completely and where one so to speak stands above the nations and where one experiences fortune or misfortune of a neighboring country as if they had happened to one's own.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe