You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

Topics: Poetry Quotes

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

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...

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.

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

God has commanded Time to console the unhappy

God has commanded Time to console the unhappy

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

In bringing up a child, think of its old age.

In bringing up a child, think of its old age.

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question...

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question...

Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.

Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the...

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the...