"We all of us live upon the..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths.”

“What people call the spirit of the times is mostly their own spirit in which the times mirror themselves.”

“To rule is easy, to govern difficult.”

“Things said or done long years ago Or things I did not do or say But thought that I might say or do, Weigh me down, and not a day But something is recalled, My conscience or my vanity appalled.”

“The only world in which "defeat" exists as a reality is the one darkened by the false idea that what may have happened to us a moment ago is the same as what's possible for us to achieve now.”

“The secret was such an old one now, had so grown into me and become a part of myself, that I could not tear it away.”

“The less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it”

“We shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it.”

“If you do the same thing over and over again you cannot ever expect a different outcome.”