There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go.

Quote by Jean Paul

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What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease.

What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease.

Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and...

Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and...

You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth.

You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth.

Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like...

Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like...

The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of...

The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of...

Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray.

Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray.

Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, it...

Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, it...

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we...

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we...

Death gives us sleep, eternal youth, and immortality.

Death gives us sleep, eternal youth, and immortality.

Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something.

Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something.

Two aged men, that had been foes for life, Met by a grave, and wept...

Two aged men, that had been foes for life, Met by a grave, and wept...

There are souls which fall from heaven like flowers, but ere they bloom are crushed...

There are souls which fall from heaven like flowers, but ere they bloom are crushed...

Whenever, at a party, I have been in the mood to study fools, I have...

Whenever, at a party, I have been in the mood to study fools, I have...

Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are...

Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are...

Weaklings must lie.

Weaklings must lie.

A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another s.

A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another s.

The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven.

The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven.

There is a joy in sorrow which none but a mourner can know.

There is a joy in sorrow which none but a mourner can know.

Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break...

Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break...

Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.

Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.