Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.”

“All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again.”

“A useless life is an early death.”

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

“Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.”

“Few people have the imagination for reality.”

“Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.”

“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.”

“All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.”

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