"Nature does not suffer her veil to..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“Doubt grows with knowledge.”

“The best way to understand a painting is by drawing it.”

“Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who is most likely to achieve what is good and lasting.”

“We are thus assisted by natural objects in the expression of particular meanings. But how great a language to convey such pepper-corn informations!”

“The fishermen say that the "thundering of the pond" scares the fishes and prevents their biting.”

“On certain mornings, as we turn a corner,an exquisite dew falls on our heartand then vanishes.But the freshness lingers, and this, always,is what the heart needs.The earth must have risen in just such a lightthe morning the world was born.”

“To make money, to gather knowledge, to learn a new skill, to explore new territory, even to get from A to B - for all these things you need time. For almost everything you need time, except for one thing: to embrace the present moment.”

“In every man's memory, with the hours when life culminated are usually associated certain books which met his views.”

“When wisdom and knowledge appear, great pretense arises.”