# Quote — Joseph Joubert, The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert

> During our youth, there is something in us that is better than ourselves, I mean better than our desires, our pleasures, our yieldings, and our inclinations. Our soul is good then, even though our intelligence and will are not.

- Author: [Joseph Joubert](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joseph-joubert.md)
- Book: [The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joseph-joubert/the-notebooks-of-joseph-joubert.md)
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> You want to talk to someone: first open your ears.

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