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I did not have good eyes nor light in my mind that day.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert (1883)
Let anger pass, make a place for it; do not impede its progress; do not disturb its development, give it the time it needs to die out, open a wide path for it.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert (1883)
It is very difficult to be wise (through the mind); it is not difficult to be wise occasionally and by chance, but it is difficult to be wise assiduously and by choice.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert (1883)
Never the mind without the soul.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert (1883)
Once we have tasted the juice of words, our mind can no longer pass them by. We drink thought from them.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert (1883)
We are worth more when someone looks at us. And, because of this, an eye is always watching us.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert (1883)
What good is modesty? — It makes us seem more beautiful when we are beautiful, and less ugly when we are ugly.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert (1883)
When we find what we have been looking for, we don't have time to say it. We must die.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert (1883)
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.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert (1883)
I do not call reason that brutal reason which crushes with its weight what is holy and sacred; that malignant reason which delights in the errors it succeeds in discovering; that unfeeling and scornful reason which insults credulity.
Pearls of Thought (1881)
Undoubtedly, philosophy caused the Revolution. But what caused philosophy? Theological arrogance.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert (1883)
We use up in the passions the stuff that was given us for happiness.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert (1883)
Imprisoned in our bodies...and our soul has its windows.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert (1883)
All clear and transparent words appear to be beautiful sounds. Yes and no are not precisely clear words, but definite words. In clear words, there is more light than movement or attitude.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert (1883)
Let us look for our light in our feelings. There is a warmth in them that contains many clarities.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert (1883)
Like those dreams that have pleased us. They escape us and we vainly try to hold onto them.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert (1883)
What our eyes see, our imagination can no longer see. The same thing cannot be the object of both kinds of seeing.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert (1883)
I know too well what I am going to say. I know it too well before writing.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert (1883)
My ideas! It is the house for lodging them that costs me so much to build.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert (1883)
I have too much brain for my head. It cannot play comfortably in its box.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert (1883)