“But what is your duty? What the day demands.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Sprüche in Prosa (translation)

About Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

1749 – 1832

German poet and polymath, author of "Faust".

“Youth is intoxication without wine.”

“When we lack ourselves, we lack everything.”

“There is strong shadow where there is much light.”

“The reward of one duty is the power to fulfil another.”

“If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else.”

“If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.”

“Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.”

“For of those to whom much is given, much is required.”

“There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected.”