We cannot and must not get rid of nor deny our characteristics. But we can give them shape and direction.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheSecrecy has many advantages, for when you tell someone the purpose of any object right away, they often think there is nothing to it.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheBeware of dissipating your powers; strive constantly to concentrate them.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe worst is that the very hardest thinking will not bring thoughts. They must come like good children of God and cry, "Here we are." You expend effort and energy thinking hard. Then, after you have given up, they come sauntering in with their hands in their pockets. If the effort had not been made to open the door, however, who knows when they could have come.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe