Christopher

“No nation gains the power of judgment except it can pass judgment on itself. But to attain this great privilege takes a very long time.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Maxims and Reflections

“Real obscurantism is not to hinder the spread of what is true, clear, and useful, but to bring into vogue what is false.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Maxims and Reflections

“When we look at the world rationally, the world looks rationally back.”
― Hegel, G. W. H.

“Reading ought to mean understanding; writing ought to mean knowing something; believing ought to mean comprehending; when you desire a thing, you will have to take it; when you demand it, you will not get it; and when you are experienced, you ought to be useful to others.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Maxims and Reflections