Joseph Joubert
Quotes
One always adds a little of one's soul to what one thinks.
It is above all the language for expressing these truths that have not yet been found.
Those who have judgment use it as much as in judging stones as in judging men.
From the center we should perceive the circle.
In living, one learns how to read. (How, and with what result.)
Available. A thought is perfect only when it is perfectly available, that is to say when one can place it and detach it at will.
Tacitus. And all those words that are obscure only once.
All ways of expressing ourselves are good if they make us understood. Thus, if the clarity of our thoughts comes through better in a play of words, then the wordplay is good.
To descend into ourselves, we must first lift ourselves up.
What you call weakness comes from the strength of friendship.
Illusions comes from heaven and mistakes come from us.
To see the world means judging the judges.

