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
genius invisible paint
Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things that have no features
together life-is togetherness
Without duty, life is sort of boneless; it cannot hold itself together.
found poetry-is
Poetry is to be found nowhere unless we carry it within us.
people profound way
How many people become abstract as a way of appearing profound.
moments hostile
TIME and truth are friends, though there are many moments hostile to truth.
evil abuse foundation
Abuse of words is the foundation of ideology.
writing letters six
Music has seven letters, writing has twenty-six notes
spiritual soul world
Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.
innocence
Innocence is always unsuspicious.
littles action
Living requires but little life; doing requires much.
inspirational business ambition
When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.
writing glasses vision
Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.
practice grace growth
Strength is natural, but grace is the growth of habit. This charming quality requires practice if it is to become lasting.
art thinking different
The art of saying well what one thinks is different from the faculty of thinking. The latter may be very deep and lofty and far- reaching, while the former is altogether wanting.