Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise. She is cunning, but for read more

Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise. She is cunning, but for good ends. She has brought me here and will also lead me away. She may scold me, but she will not hate her work. I trust her.

Someday perhaps the inner light will shine forth from us, and then we'll need no other light.

Someday perhaps the inner light will shine forth from us, and then we'll need no other light.

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

The universal subjugator, the commonplace.
[Ger., Was uns alle bandigt, das Gemeine.]

The universal subjugator, the commonplace.
[Ger., Was uns alle bandigt, das Gemeine.]

In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.

In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.