"It is said that no man is..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“Every great idea exerts, on first appearing, a tyrannical influence: Hence, the advantages it brings are turned all too soon into disadvantages.”

“Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.”

“A person is never happy till their vague strivings has itself marked out its proper limitations.”

“The hero is commonly the simplest and obscurest of men.”

“Here is a hero who did nothing but shake the tree as soon as the fruit was ripe. Does this seem to be too small a thing to you? Then take a good look at the tree he shook.”

“Every heroic act measures itself by its contempt of some external good. But it finds its own success at last, and then the prudent also extol.”

“On being the guest of honor at an awards banquet: "Thank you for making this day necessary."”

“Sometimes I'm fascinated with how famous my work could be while I'm not so famous.”

“Genius always finds itself a century too early.”