Men show their characters in nothing more clearly than in what they think laughable.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe -

Theory of Colours:

…Goethe knew his compatriots well and their sick pleasure in Schadenfreude..

If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe -

The Metamorphosis of Plants by Goethe

There is a difference between seeing and seeing… The eyes of the spirit have to work in perpetual living connection with those of the body, for one otherwise risks seeing yet seeing past a thing.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe -

(1749 – 1832)

Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.

– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe–

Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.

– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe –