Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.

Goethe

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Goethe

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.

Goethe

All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.

Goethe

A person hears only what they understand.

Goethe

Few people have the imagination for reality.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude.

Goethe

Perfection

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

Goethe