Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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Only choose in marriage a woman whom you would choose as a friend if she...

Only choose in marriage a woman whom you would choose as a friend if she...

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

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

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...

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...

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

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

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...

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

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

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.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms....

Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms....

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

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

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

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things...

Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things...

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

A part of kindness consists in 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.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.