Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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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.

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

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

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Time and truth are friends, though there are many moments hostile to truth

Time and truth are friends, though there are many moments hostile to truth

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

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.

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

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.

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people

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.

You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.

You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.

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...

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...

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

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

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

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...

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

Some 'advanced thinkers' are of the opinion that anyone who differs from the conventional opinion...

Some 'advanced thinkers' are of the opinion that anyone who differs from the conventional opinion...

A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end...

A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end...