Wer immer strebend sich bemüht, Den können wir erlösen. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.

Nothing is therefore more dangerous than solitude. Our imagination, forced by its very nature to unfold, nourished by the fantastic visions of poetry, gives shape to a whole order of creatures of which we are the lowliest, and everything around us seems to be more glorious, everyone else more perfect...If, on the other hand, we can make up our minds to go about our daily tasks, resigned to our feelings, and hardships, we often find that, in spite of our meanderings and procrastinations, we have gone farther than quite a few others have gone with their sails unfurled and steering gear functioning.