Tenderness is the repose of Passion

Quote by Joseph Joubert

Topics: Passion Quotes, Tenderness Quotes

The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.

The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.

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.

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

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

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

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people

How many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most useful part of abstract...

How many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most useful part of abstract...

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...

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.

When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.

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.

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.

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.

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...

To teach is to learn twice.

To teach is to learn twice.

Space is the stature of God.

Space is the stature of God.

Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he...

Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he...

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.