One should not wish anyone disagreeable conditions of life; but for him who is involved in them by chance, they are touchstones of characters and of the most decisive value to man.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheIn the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests on perseverance.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheOnly that type of story deserves to be called moral that shows us that one has the power within oneself to act, out of the conviction that there is something better, even against one's own inclination.
Johann Wolfgang von GoethePeople do not mind their faults being spread out before them, but they become impatient if called on to give them up.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe