Fancy rules over two thirds of the universe, the past, and future, while reality is confined to the present

Quote by Jean Paul Richter

Topics: Reality Quotes, Rules Quotes

Man's feelings are always purest and most glowing in the hour of meeting and of...

Man's feelings are always purest and most glowing in the hour of meeting and of...

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

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

The miracles of earth are the laws of heaven

The miracles of earth are the laws of heaven

Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and...

Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and...

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...

God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul.

God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul.

Beauty attracts us men; but if, like an armed magnet it is pointed, beside, with...

Beauty attracts us men; but if, like an armed magnet it is pointed, beside, with...

There are so many tender and holy emotions, flying about in out inward world, which,...

There are so many tender and holy emotions, flying about in out inward world, which,...

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...

Spring makes everything young again, save man

Spring makes everything young again, save man

It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise

It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise

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

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

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.

As a rule, for no one does life drag more disagreeably than for him who...

As a rule, for no one does life drag more disagreeably than for him who...

As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant...

As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant...

There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and...

There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and...

Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest

Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them

Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them

A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that...

A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that...