Everyone hears only what he understands.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Hearing Quotes, Understanding Quotes

This is the true measure of love: When we believe that we alone can love,...

This is the true measure of love: When we believe that we alone can love,...

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

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

I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better than...

I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better than...

If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.

If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.

The world remains ever the same.

The world remains ever the same.

The day is committed to error and floundering; success and achievement are matters of long...

The day is committed to error and floundering; success and achievement are matters of long...

One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.

One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking

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.

If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.

If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.

Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on...

It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on...

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates...

Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates...

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art and no...

There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art and no...

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.

Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.