Joseph Joubert quotes - page 4

To seek the truth. But, as you are seeking and as you are waiting, what will you do, what will you think, what will you practice, what rules will you follow? (Joseph Joubert)
Like those dreams that have pleased us. They escape us and we vainly try to hold onto them. View quote
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It is not light that burns, that purifies, that consumes, that divides, and that recomposes; it is fire. And this fire we are talking about always follows light. View quote
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We are afraid of having and showing a small mind and we are not afraid of having and showing a small heart. View quote
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Let us look for our light in our feelings. There is a warmth in them that contains many clarities. View quote
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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. View quote
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Beauty is something animal, the beautiful is something celestial. View quote
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What is clear should not be drawn out too much. These useless explanations, these endless examinations are a kind of long whiteness and lead to boredom. It is the uniformity of a wall, of a long piece of laundry. View quote
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Those who have judgment use it as much as in judging stones as in judging men. View quote
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One loves to say what he knows, the other loves to say what he thinks. View quote
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Animals love the people who talk to them. (Joseph Joubert)
Madness is an illness of the brain, not of the mind. View quote
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The soul speaks to itself in parables. View quote
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There are many situations in life that we suddenly feel we have seen in dreams. View quote
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Thoughts that cannot survive the open air and that evaporate as soon as we take them out of the room. To put them to the test of isolation. Take them out of the book where you found them, they do not endure. View quote
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It is above all the language for expressing these truths that have not yet been found. View quote
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It seems there is something spiritual in wine. View quote
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Of what must be said and what must not be said. The importance of knowing. View quote
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Thought forms in the soul the same way clouds form in the air. View quote
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Never the mind without the soul. View quote
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What is promised to you in dreams is given to you in dreams! (Joseph Joubert)
They cannot accustom themselves to lacking nothing. View quote
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My dreams are more amorous than my actions have ever been. View quote
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Glory. Lovelier to desire than to possess. View quote
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My soul lives in a place where the passions have passed by and where I have known them all. View quote
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