Quote #88
We are afraid of having and showing a small mind and we are not afraid of having and showing a small heart.
More from Joseph Joubert
- We always believe God is like ourselves, the indulgent think him indulgent and the stern, terrible.
- 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.
- Virtue by calculation is the virtue of vice.
- We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their own.
- True religion is the poetry of the heart; it has enchantments useful to our manners; it gives us both happiness and virtue.
- We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.
- To teach is to learn twice.
- We shall always keep a spare corner in our heads to give passing hospitality to our friends' opinion.