Jean Paul Quotes - Page 2

Nothing is more beautiful than cheerfulness in an old face.

In women everything is heart, even the head.

Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life.

Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows him.

The end we aim at must be known, before the way can be made.

Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.

Despair is the only genuine atheism.

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life.

Man's feelings are always purest and most glowing in the hour of meeting and of farewell.

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.

Love lessens woman's delicacy and increases man's.

Laughing cheerfulness throws the light of day on all the paths of life.

A scholar knows no boredom.

Like the greatest virtue and the worst dogs, the fiercest hatred is silent.

There is a joy in sorrow which none but a mourner can know.

Only deeds give strength to life, only moderation gives it charm.

A loving maiden grows unconsciously more bold.

A sky full of silent suns.

Never write on a subject without first having read yourself full on it; and never read on a subject till you have thought yourself hungry on it.

With so many thousand joys, is it not black ingratitude to call the world a place of sorrow and torment?

Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.

The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven.

Jesus is the purest among the mighty, and the mightiest among the pure, who, with his pierced hand has raised empires from their foundations, turned the stream of history from its old channel, and still continues to rule and guide the ages

The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe.

The burden of suffering seems a tombstone hung about our necks, while in reality it is only the weight which is necessary to keep down the diver while he is hunting for pearls.