Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

Topics: Joseph Joubert Quotes

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

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.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness it is usually returned

One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness it is usually returned

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

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

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

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

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

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...

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

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.

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 passions of the young are vices in the old.

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

If (the) empire of superstition and hypocrisy should be overthrown, happy indeed will it be...

If (the) empire of superstition and hypocrisy should be overthrown, happy indeed will it be...

If Goddess religion is not to become mindless idiocy, we must win clear of tendency...

If Goddess religion is not to become mindless idiocy, we must win clear of tendency...