All professional men are handicapped by not being allowed to ignore things which are useless.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheA wife is a gift bestowed upon a man to reconcile him to the loss of paradise.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheOur modern wars make many unhappy while they last and none happy when they are over.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheDoes not man lack the force at the very point where he needs it most? And when he soars upward in joy, or sinks down in suffering, is not checked in both, is he not returned again to the dull, cold sphere of awareness, just when he was longing to lose himself in the fullness of the infinite.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe