All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
In nature we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which is before it, beside it, under it and over it. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses at home. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
