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

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 accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability.

To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability.

Mastery passes often for egotism.

Mastery passes often for egotism.

The little man is still a man.

The little man is still a man.

It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.

It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

The society of women is the element of good manners.

The society of women is the element of good manners.

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous...

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous...

One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very...

One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very...

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

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.

What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

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...

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

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

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.