1772 – 1801 • German • Poet
Nothing is more indispensable to true religiosity than a mediator that links us with divinity.
To become properly acquainted with a truth, we must first have disbelieved it, and disputed against it.
Character and fate are two words for the same thing.
We never completely comprehend ourselves, but we can do far more than comprehend.
Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.
A character is a completely fashioned will.