Joseph Joubert
Quotes
The staircase that leads to God. What does it matter if it is make-believe, if we really climb it? What difference does it make who builds it, or if it is made of marble or word, of brick, stone, or mud? The essential thing is that it be solid and that in climbing it we feel the peace that is inaccessible to those who do not climb it.
Objects must be described only in order to describe the feelings they envoke in us.
The mind can only create errors. Truths are not created, they exist; one can only see them, disentangle them, discover them, and expose them.
Don't cut what you can untie.
Close your eyes and you will see.
The weakness of the dying slanders life.
When I see young people such as those of our day, I think that Heaven wishes to destroy the world.
Ask the young. They know everything.
It is not facts, but rumors that cause emotions among the people. What is believed creates everything.
It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him.
The people. They know how to know, but not how to choose.
The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress.
