Joseph Joubert Quotes
Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader. One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet. Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman. Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles. Politeness is the flower of humanity. Space is the stature of God. Space is to place as eternity is to time. Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of. The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk. The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in the sense that all great books are divine which teach men how to live righteously. The direction of the mind is more important than its progress. The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight. The passions of the young are vices in the old. There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world. Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth. To teach is to learn twice. We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future. When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees. Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.
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