Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Mind Quotes, Reading Quotes

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start...

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start...

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves.

Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves.

Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.

Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.

It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it...

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it...

To be loved for what one is, is the greatest exception. The great majority love...

To be loved for what one is, is the greatest exception. The great majority love...

Since Time is not a person we can overtake when he is gone, let us...

Since Time is not a person we can overtake when he is gone, let us...

Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses...

Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses...

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that...

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that...

All things are only transitory.

All things are only transitory.

We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to...

We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to...

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself...

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself...

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and...

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and...