Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

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

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

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...

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

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...

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

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

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...

Space is the stature of God.

Space is the stature of God.

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.

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.

He who has not the weakness of friendship has not the strength.

He who has not the weakness of friendship has not the strength.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

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

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

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

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then...

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then...

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we...

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we...

Never criticize your spouse's faults; if it weren't for them, your mate might have found...

Never criticize your spouse's faults; if it weren't for them, your mate might have found...