Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must do.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Friendship Quotes

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

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

Mastery passes often for egotism.

Mastery passes often for egotism.

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.

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...

When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when...

When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when...

There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.

There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.

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...

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

No words are necessary between two loving hearts

No words are necessary between two loving hearts

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

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

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

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

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth.

The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth.

Everyone hears only what he understands.

Everyone hears only what he understands.

A book is a storehouse carried in the pocket

A book is a storehouse carried in the pocket

To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in...

To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in...

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.

We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.

We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.

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...