Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I can promise to be sincere, but not to be impartial.

A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.

One ought every day at least to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.

The human race is a monotonous affair. What one does, the other does, and what one suffers, the other suffers.

The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.

Architecture is frozen music.

He who cannot give an account of three thousand years of history remains in darkness, inexperienced, and lives from day to day.

A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it.

Nothing is more terrible than active ignorance.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

The greatest evil is not now, but the day after tomorrow.

What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

Talent develops in tranquility, character in the full current of human life.

Behavior is a mirror in which everyone displays his own image.

To see the world in a grain of sand, and heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour.

The soul which sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

Magic is believing in yourself. If you can do that, you can make anything happen.

Divide and rule, a sound motto; unite and lead, a better one.

Joy and sorrow are the two sides of the same coin.