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
thinking people want
Some people say that success equals money, but frankly, I don't think success is money at all ... Success is being the best at whatever you want to do well at.
thinking
Think of the ills from which you are exempt.
thinking views hands
Think that day lost whose descending sun, views from thy hand no noble action done.
happiness thinking order
In order to be happy, think of the ills you have been spared.
children thinking age
In bringing up a child, think of its old age.
thinking heaven
Heaven is for those who think of it.
thinking essence soul
The essence of life consists in thinking, and being conscious of one's soul.
god believe thinking
We always believe God is like ourselves, the indulgent think him indulgent and the stern, terrible.
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.
cannot hold itself life soft together
Without duty, life is soft and boneless; it cannot hold itself together
friends-or-friendship profile
When my friends are one-eyed, I look at their profile
book reading worst
The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
country travel life-is
Life is a country that the old have seen, and lived in. Those who have to travel through it can only learn from them.
kindness loving people
Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.