In the end we are all separate: our stories, no matter how similar, come to a fork and diverge. We are drawn to each other because of our similarities, but it is our differences we must learn to respect.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Ending Quotes, Learning Quotes, Respect Quotes

What is my life if I am no longer useful to others.

What is my life if I am no longer useful to others.

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.

We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

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...

He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not...

He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not...

The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.

The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.

Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once

Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.

All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

There is no better deliverance from the world than through art; and a man can...

There is no better deliverance from the world than through art; and a man can...

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny....

Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny....

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh...

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh...