Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.

Quote by Jean Paul

Topics: Jean Paul Quotes

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...

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.

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...

The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven.

The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven.

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...

Be great in act, as you have been in thought.

Be great in act, as you have been in thought.

Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.

Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.

It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them.

It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them.

Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.

Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.

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...

Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.

Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.

Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but...

Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but...

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that...

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that...

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

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

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...

Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.

Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.

Weaklings must lie.

Weaklings must lie.

Death gives us sleep, eternal youth, and immortality.

Death gives us sleep, eternal youth, and immortality.

Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time.

Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time.

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.