Quote #87

We always believe God is like ourselves, the indulgent think him indulgent and the stern, terrible.

More from Joseph Joubert

  1. Virtue by calculation is the virtue of vice.
  2. We are afraid of having and showing a small mind and we are not afraid of having and showing a small heart.
  3. True religion is the poetry of the heart; it has enchantments useful to our manners; it gives us both happiness and virtue.
  4. We do not do well except when we know where the best is and when we are assured that we have touched it and hold its power within us.
  5. To teach is to learn twice.
  6. We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their own.
  7. To see the world is to judge the judges.
  8. We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.

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