Joseph Joubert
Quotes
The time I once lost in pleasure I now lose in suffering.
Misery is almost always the result of thinking.
The voice is an aid to intelligence.
These thoughts form not only the foundation of my work, but of my life.
We must try, as much as possible, not to mistrust anyone.
Once we have tasted the juice of words, our mind can no longer pass them by. We drink thought from them.
The soul speaks to itself in parables.
Because they know all the words, they think they know all the truths.
All reflection is art.
Genius is the aptitude for seeing invisible things, for stirring intangible things, for painting things that have no features.
It's not mental repose they seek, but mental laziness.
The phrase, "One dies before one has lived."
