We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

Topics: Past Quotes, Trust Quotes

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

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...

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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

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

Ask the young. They know everything.

Ask the young. They know everything.

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

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

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

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.

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms....

Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms....

The past can't hurt you anymore, not unless you let it.

The past can't hurt you anymore, not unless you let it.

The past is never there when you try to go back. It exists, but only...

The past is never there when you try to go back. It exists, but only...

Consider the past and you shall know the future.

Consider the past and you shall know the future.

Think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes...

Think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes...