“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.”Joseph Joubert
“Let us look for our light in our feelings. There is a warmth in them that contains many clarities.”Joseph Joubert
“Like those dreams that have pleased us. They escape us and we vainly try to hold onto them.”Joseph Joubert
“In this painting of our life given to us by our memories, everything is moving and depends on our point of view.”Joseph Joubert
“We are worth more when someone looks at us. And, because of this, an eye is always watching us.”Joseph Joubert
“The great inconvenience of new books is that they prevent us from reading the old ones.”Joseph Joubert
“When a truth is better conceived through abstraction, use the abstraction; if not, don't.”Joseph Joubert
“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.”Joseph Joubert
“Divorce. Its existence and use should be determined only by the interests of the children.”Joseph Joubert
“What good is modesty? — It makes us seem more beautiful when we are beautiful, and less ugly when we are ugly.”Joseph Joubert