Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.

The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.

When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.

When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in...

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in...

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the...

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the...

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for...

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for...

Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he...

Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he...

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.

The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...

In bringing up a child, think of its old age.

In bringing up a child, think of its old age.

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

Choose in marriage only a woman whom you would choose as a friend if she...

Choose in marriage only a woman whom you would choose as a friend if she...

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him.

It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.