The effects of good music are not just because it's new; on the contrary music strikes us more the more familiar we are with it.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheSome of our weaknesses are born in us, others are the result of education; it is a question which of the two gives us most trouble.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe dear good people don't know how long it takes to learn to read. I've been at it eighty years, and can't say yet that I've reached the goal.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe