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

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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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...

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

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 direction of the mind is more important than its progress.

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

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

A Flatterer is a man that tells you your opinion and not his own

A Flatterer is a man that tells you your opinion and not his own

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

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...

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...

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

Space is the stature of God.

Space is the stature of God.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

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

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

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

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

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

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.