Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

Topics: Misery Quotes

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

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.

Ask the young. They know everything.

Ask the young. They know everything.

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...

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

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

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

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.

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.

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...

Space is the stature of God.

Space is the stature of God.

Old age deprives the intelligent man only of qualities useless to wisdom.

Old age deprives the intelligent man only of qualities useless to wisdom.

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

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

Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their...

We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their...

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.

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...

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Love is not written on paper, for paper can be erased. Nor is it etched...

Love is not written on paper, for paper can be erased. Nor is it etched...

Eternity is in love with the productions of time.

Eternity is in love with the productions of time.

Space, like time, engenders forgetfulness; but it does so by setting us bodily free from...

Space, like time, engenders forgetfulness; but it does so by setting us bodily free from...

Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.

Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.