Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them, and he patiently suffers much read more

A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them, and he patiently suffers much for them; but he becomes impatient if he is required to give them up

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.

What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.

What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.

By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that could not become a defect

By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that could not become a defect

Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves

Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves