"Alas, I have studied philosophy, the law..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“There are situations in which hope and fear run together, in which they mutually destroy one another and lose themselves in dull indifference.”

“Idea and experience will never coincide in the center; only through art and action are they united.”

“With the growth of knowledge our ideas must from time to time be organized afresh. The change takes place usually in accordance with new maxims as they arise, but it always remains provisional.”

“At the Egyptian city of Naucratis there was a famous old god whose name was Theuth; the bird which is called the Ibis was sacred to him, and he was the inventor of many arts, such as arithmetic and calculation and geometry and astronomy and draughts and dice, but his great discovery was the use of letters.”

“The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves.”

“It said what he would have said, if it had been possible for him to set his scattered thoughts in order. It was the product of a mind similar to his own, but enormously more powerful, more systematic, less fear-ridden. The best books, he perceived, are those that tell you what you know already.”

“If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way.”

“Knowledge and understanding are life's faithful companions who will never prove untrue to you. For knowledge is your crown, and understanding your staff; and when they are with you, you can possess no greater treasures.”

“Regrets are illuminations come too late.”