Goethe

Everyone believes in his youth that the world really began with him and that all merely exists for his sake.

We can redeem anyone who strives unceasingly.

Everyone hears only what he understands.

Most people work the greater part of their time for a mere living and the little freedom which remains to them so troubles them that they use every means of getting rid of it.

Who does not know another language does not know his own.

The society of women is the foundation of good manners.

He who is firm in will molds the world to himself.

Wisdom is only found in trudi.

Let him who believes in immortality enjoy his happiness in silence without giving himself airs about it.

There is no crime of which I do not deem myself capable.

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

Science and art belong to the whole world and before them vanish the barriers of nationality.

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten but they may start a winning game.

There is not a single outward mark of courtesy that does not have a deep moral basis.

Modern poets mix too much water with their ink.

Every day look at a beautiful picture read a beautiful poem listen to some beautiful music and if possible say some reasonable thing.

Nothing is worth more than this day.

Mozart is the human incarnation of the divine force of creation.