All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

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.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things...

Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things...

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

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

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

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.

God is the place where I do not remember the rest.

God is the place where I do not remember the rest.

We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their...

We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their...

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Ask the young. They know everything.

Ask the young. They know everything.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

God has commanded Time to console the unhappy

God has commanded Time to console the unhappy

That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed...

That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed...

God is a metaphor for that which trancends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as...

God is a metaphor for that which trancends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as...

God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.

God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.