"Just begin and the mind grows heated;..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“Nothing can be compared to the new life that the discovery of another country provides for a thoughtful person. Although I am still the same I believe to have changed to the bones.”

“Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.”

“The rainbow mirrors human aims and action. Think, and more clearly wilt thou grasp it, seeing Life is but light in many-hued reflection.”

“Thus men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of man, and never make an effort to get up.”

“It's not enough to be compassionate. You must act.”

“The conscious utterance of thought, by speech or action, to any end, is art.”

“Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.”

“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”

“There are two ways you can go with pain: You can let it destroy you or you can use it as fuel to drive you.”