We feel lonely now and then and long for friends and think we should be quite different and happier if we found a friend of whom we might say: “He is the one.” But you, too, will begin to learn that there is much self-deception behind this longing; if we yielded too much to it, it would lead us from the road. Vincent Van Gogh
About This Quote

In this quote, the person is trying to show that there is a certain point where we can no longer change ourselves, but must rely on others to help us through life. If we allowed ourselves to be too weak to handle problems, we would not be able to solve them with out help.

Source: Complete Letters Of Vincent Van Gogh

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