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
In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm; in the real world, all rests on perseverance.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is better to do the most trifling thing in the world than to regard half an hour as trifle.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Man is not born to solve the problems of the universe, but to find out what he has to do ... within the limits of his comprehension.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity, and here has its greatest effect on life, an effect that remains the same through all ages and epochs. Secular music should be cheerful throughout.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
