"Man believes himself always greater than he..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“Where there is much light, the shadows are deepest.[Ger., Wo viel Licht is, ist starker Schatten.]”

“My worthy friend, gray are all theoriesAnd green alone Life's golden tree.”

“Art is long, life short, judgment difficult, opportunity transient. To act is easy, to think is hard; to act according to our thought is troublesome. Every beginning is cheerful: the threshold is the place of expectation.”

“Nothing shakes my opinion of a book. Nothing -- nothing. Only perhaps if it's the book of a young person -- or of a friend -- no, even so, I think myself infallible.”

“They think I’m simpleminded because I seem to be happy. Why shouldn’t I be happy? I have everything I ever wanted and more. Maybe I am simpleminded. Maybe that’s the key: simple.”

“I am not a role model.”

“Nothing worth having comes easy.”

“In every aspect of our lives, we are always asking ourselves, How am I of value? What is my worth? Yet I believe that worthiness is our birthright.”

“Excellent things are rare.”