"Mannerism is always longing to have done,..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“It's true that nothing in this world makes us so necessary to others as the affection we have for them.”

“The century is advanced, but every individual begins afresh.”

“Perfection is the measure of heaven, and the wish to be perfect the measure of man.”

“Like the star that shines afar, Without haste and without rest, Let each one wheel with steady sway Round the task that rules the day, And do their best.”

“Whatever your life's work is, do it well.”

“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.”

“I would not know how to advise a man how to write. It is a matter of talent and interest. I believe he must be strongly moved if he is to become a writer.”

“We were always able to sing and blend well together; that's our gift. But aside from that, we're really two different guys.”

“Geniuses are commonly believed to excel other men in their power of sustained attention . . . But it is their genius making them attentive, not their attention making geniuses of them.”