Joseph Joubert Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

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

“Justice is the truth in action.”

“You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.”

“Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.”

“Misery is almost always the result of thinking.”

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

“Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.”

“Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies; but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation.”

“The passions of the young are vices in the old.”

“All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.”