Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
» Action » “Before you can do something you must first be something.”
» Change » “Human beings, by change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.”
» Character » “Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.”
» Contrast » “Where there is much light, the shadow is deep.”
» Cooperation » “Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.”
» Denial » “Deny yourself! You must deny yourself! That is the song that never ends.”
» Enjoyment » “He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.”
» Eternity » “Every situation, every moment — is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.”
» Genius » “The greatest genius will never be worth much if he pretends to draw exclusively from his own resources.”
» Last Words » “More light!”
» Nature » “Nature goes her own way and all that to us seems an exception is really according to order.”
» Senses » “Taste is only to be educated by contemplation, not of the tolerably good but of the truly excellent. I therefore show you only the best works; and when you are grounded in these, you will have a standard for the rest, which you will know how to value, without overrating them.”
