Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“I love those who yearn for the impossible.”

“Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.”

“He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.”

“Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.”

“In art the best is good enough.”

“It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him.”

“Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.”

“Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.”

“On all the peaks lies peace.”

“Error is acceptable as long as we are young but one must not drag it along into old age.”

“The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age.”

“The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.”

“This is the highest wisdom that I own: freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.”

“I call architecture frozen music.”

“The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality.”

“Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.”

“Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.”

“Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.”

“One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best.”

“Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.”

“Science arose from poetry... when times change the two can meet again on a higher level as friends.”

“Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.”

“He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.”

“We cannot fashion our children after our desires, we must have them and love them as God has given them to us.”