Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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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.

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...

God has commanded Time to console the unhappy

God has commanded Time to console the unhappy

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

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...

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

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

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

To teach is to learn twice.

To teach is to learn twice.

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.

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...

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

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

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

Space is the stature of God.

Space is the stature of God.

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

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...

Ask the young. They know everything.

Ask the young. They know everything.

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

Necessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy

Necessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy

Live with an ongoing, unending awareness of God's presence!

Live with an ongoing, unending awareness of God's presence!

Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise not blame.

Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise not blame.