The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in the sense that all great books are divine which teach men how to live righteously.Quote by Joseph Joubert about books, common sense, sense, man
The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.Quote by Joseph Joubert about progress, mind
The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.Quote by Joseph Joubert about pain, mind
There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.Quote by Joseph Joubert about books, world, time
Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.Quote by Joseph Joubert about love, truth
We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.Quote by Joseph Joubert about safety, present, wish, past, future, respect
Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.Quote by Joseph Joubert about world
You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.Quote by Joseph Joubert about poetry
You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.Quote by Joseph Joubert about poetry
My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch.Quote by Jack Nicholson about sex, irony, mother