“Talking a lot of nonsense, or even writing it, will kill neither body nor soul, everything will remain unchanged.But nonsense, placed before the eyesHas a magical right:Because it fetters the sensesThe mind remains a vassal.”
More from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Poetry, dreams, desire, everything leads me to you.”
“We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.”
“The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.”
“All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.”