“One always adds a little of one's soul to what one thinks.”Help us translate this quoteJoseph Joubert
“When a truth is better conceived through abstraction, use the abstraction; if not, don't.”Help us translate this quoteJoseph Joubert
“Reason does not reason. It goes straight to the fact or the consequence.”Help us translate this quoteJoseph 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.”Help us translate this quoteJoseph Joubert
“To descend into ourselves, we must first lift ourselves up.”Help us translate this quoteJoseph Joubert
“For in spite of ourselves we respect those whom we see respected.”Help us translate this quoteJoseph Joubert
“To seek wisdom rather than truth. It is more within our grasp.”Help us translate this quoteJoseph Joubert
“Neither in the arts, nor in logic, nor in life should an idea by in any way treated as a thing.”Help us translate this quoteJoseph Joubert
“Divorce. Its existence and use should be determined only by the interests of the children.”Help us translate this quoteJoseph Joubert
“Perhaps (and probably) it would be true to say that we cannot conceive of anything except what we can see in our minds.”Help us translate this quoteJoseph Joubert
“It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him.”Help us translate this quoteJoseph Joubert
“Memory. — It is a mirror, that retains, and retains forever. Nothing is lost in it, nothing is erased. But it can be tarnished. And then one sees nothing in it.”Help us translate this quoteJoseph Joubert
“In living, one learns how to read. (How, and with what result.)”Help us translate this quoteJoseph Joubert
“In order to know men, something must be chanced. Who risks himself of nothing knows nothing.”Help us translate this quoteJoseph Joubert