How many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most useful part of abstract terms are the shadows they create to hide a vacuum.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the...

There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the...

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

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...

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

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.

A Flatterer is a man that tells you your opinion and not his own

A Flatterer is a man that tells you your opinion and not his own

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question...

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question...

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.

Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.

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

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

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

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

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

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.