Johann Gottfried Quotations

Touch not the flute when drums are sounding around; when fools have the word, the wise will be silent.

Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant, there is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.

Those that embrace the entire universe with love, for the most part love nothing, but their narrow selves.

What of us lies in the hearts of others is our truest and deepest self.

Say oh wise man how you have come to such knowledge? Because I was never ashamed to confess my ignorance and ask others.