Joseph Joubert
Joseph Joubert
Joseph Joubertwas a French moralist and essayist, remembered today largely for his Pensées, which was published posthumously...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth7 May 1754
CountryFrance
Joseph Joubert quotes about
god constrain ifs
We know God easily, if we do not constrain ourselves to define him.
ideas bird mind
The idea of the nest in the bird's mind, where does it come from?
dream believe acting
In really good acting we should be able to believe that what we hear and see is of our own imagining; it should seem to be to us as a charming dream.
vex inability ability
It is always our inabilities that vex us.
humor wings mind
There is always some frivolity in excellent minds; they have wings to rise, but also stray.
freedom soul liberty
Let your cry be for free souls rather than for freedom. Moral liberty is the only important liberty.
friendship friends weakness
He who has not the weakness of friendship has not the strength.
arguing reason crutches
To reason, to argue. It is to walk with crutches in search of the truth. We come to it with a leap.
life wind woven
Our life is woven wind.
love men self-love
We should make ourselves loved, for men are only just towards those whom they love.
essence volume sentences
There are single thoughts that contain the essence of a whole volume, single sentences that have the beauties of a large work.
leisure made verses
All good verses are like impromptus made at leisure.
soul atmosphere mind
The mind is the atmosphere of the soul.
military sound reason
The sound of the drum drives out thought; for that very reason it is the most military of instruments.