Johann Kaspar Lavater
Johann Kaspar Lavater
Johann KasparLavaterwas a Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, physiognomist and theologian...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionTheologian
Date of Birth15 November 1741
CountryGermany
wisdom mind repose
Wisdom is the repose of the mind.
inspire mind superstitions
Superstition always inspires littleness, religion grandeur of mind; the superstitious raises beings inferior to himself to deities.
mind too-much arguing
Too much gravity argues a shallow mind.
wise mind restless
There is no mortal truly wise and restless at once; wisdom is the repose of minds.
anger wrath mind
The wrath that on conviction subsides into mildness, is the wrath of a generous mind.
mind useless littles
Who affects useless singularities has surely a little mind.
doe calm belief
All belief that does not make us more happy, more free, more loving, more active, more calm, is, I fear, a mistaken and superstitious belief.
friendship cheating-men cheat
He who purposely cheats his friend would cheat his God.
fit himself suffers
He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.
men
There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.
finds mistrust
Mistrust the person who finds everything good, and the person who finds everything evil, and mistrust even more the person who is indifferent to everything.
action actions finds good incapable pleasure truly
He is incapable of truly good action who finds not a pleasure in contemplating the good actions of others.
yesterday today realizing
To realize that you were mistaken, is just the acknowledgement , that you are wiser today than you were yesterday.
stars night
The humblest star twinkles most in the darkest night.