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
believe book love-to-read
I love to read, and I don't believe that you have to finish one book before you start another. --Mallory Pike
believe greatness people
I believe you are one of the people that can lift the corners of the universe.
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.
god believe thinking
We always believe God is like ourselves, the indulgent think him indulgent and the stern, terrible.
decide deciding question stir stirring
It is better to stir up a question without deciding it than to decide it without stirring it up
argument debate question settle settling
It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle it without debate.
aim argument discussion motivational quote-of-the-day
The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress.
choose friend marriage whom woman
Only choose in marriage a woman whom you would choose as a friend if she were a man
want-him want said
I want her back" I said "I want HIM back"~Charlie
inspirational education negative
You got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, and latch on to the affirmative. Don't mess with Mr. In Between.
cat opinion
Cats definitely have their own opinions.
book rights different
There's so many different kinds of rights to consider these days: computer, e-book, all sorts of things. Forget foreign rights and entertainment rights. There are so many things to consider and an agent is going to know how to wade through all that much better than you are.
horse school independent
I am fairly certain that my independent, high-spirited grandmother must have had a childhood similar to Betsy Ray'sAs I read about the School Entertainment and ice cream socials, about ladies leaving calling cards and the milkman with his horse-drawn wagon, I felt that I was having an unexpected and welcome peek into Granny's childhood-a gift to me from Maud Hart Lovelace
may-not-be-perfect safe want
For now, I just want things all safe and familiar. My life may not be perfect, but it is what I have known.