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

Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it...

Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it...

My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.

My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.

One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of...

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of...

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.

Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.

Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

Wherever a man may happen to turn, whatever a man may undertake, he will always...

Wherever a man may happen to turn, whatever a man may undertake, he will always...

The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but...

The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but...

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Death is Nature's expert advice to get plenty of Life.

Death is Nature's expert advice to get plenty of Life.

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with...

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with...

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...

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

In politics, as on the sickbed, people toss from side to side, thinking they will...

In politics, as on the sickbed, people toss from side to side, thinking they will...

How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflection? Never; but only through action. Strive...

How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflection? Never; but only through action. Strive...

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those...

As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those...

If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to...

If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to...