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

Only choose in marriage a woman whom you would choose as a friend if she...

Only choose in marriage a woman whom you would choose as a friend if she...

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

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

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people

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

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

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

Ask the young. They know everything.

Ask the young. They know everything.

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...

Space is the stature of God.

Space is the stature of God.

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

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

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

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.

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

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

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.

Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

It's a great mistake, I think, to put children off with falsehoods and nonsense, when...

It's a great mistake, I think, to put children off with falsehoods and nonsense, when...

Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God's dust is greater than...

Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God's dust is greater than...

In the finest critics one hears the full cry of the human. They tell one...

In the finest critics one hears the full cry of the human. They tell one...