Great endowments often announce themselves in youth in the form of singularity and awkwardness.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheMan is not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out what he has to do; and to restrain himself within the limits of his comprehension.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheNo two men see the world exactly alike, and different temperaments will apply in different ways a principle that they both acknowledge. The same man will, indeed, often see and judge the same things differently on different occasions: early convictions must give way to more mature ones. Nevertheless, may not the opinions that a man holds and expresses withstand all trials, if he only remains true to himself and others?
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe