All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.
Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheRead
To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Valuing noble qualities enriches our lives permanently.
This quote emphasizes the importance of appreciating noble qualities, such as virtue and integrity, as these values not only elevate our perspective but also become an enduring part of who we are. Recognizing and cherishing such traits provides us with lasting wisdom and strength that cannot be taken away, even in challenging times.
Themes
AppreciationNobilityValuesVirtueWisdom
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about personal growth, one might say, 'Remember, to appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.'
More from Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
All quotes βDestiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes.
Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheRead
There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior.
Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheRead
I am amazed to see how deliberately I have entangled myself step by step. To have seen my position so clearly, and yet to have acted so like a child!
Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheRead
Seldom in the business and transactions of ordinary life, do we find the sympathy we want.
Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheRead
Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.
Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheRead
Similar quotes
It's never what people do that makes us angry; it's what we tell ourselves about what they did.
Marshall B. RosenbergRead
Those who do not know the torment of the unknown cannot have the joy of discovery.
Claude BernardRead
There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.
Malcolm XRead
When you are present, when your attention is fully in the Now, Presence will flow into and transform what you do. There will be a quality and power in it. You are present when what you are doing is not primarily a means to an end (money, prestige, winning) but fulfilling in itself, when there is joy and aliveness in what you do.
Eckhart TolleRead
Genius has no country. It blossoms everywhere. Genius is like the light, the air. It is the heritage of all.
Jose RizalRead
First you must learn to control your self. The rest follows. Blessed is he who knows himself and commands himself, for the world is his and love and happiness and peace walk with him wherever he goes.
Robert A. HeinleinRead