Jean Paul Quotes
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A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.
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I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more.
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Be great in act, as you have been in thought.
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Never write on a subject until you have read yourself full of it.
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Suffering is my gain; I bowTo my Heavenly Father's will,And receive it hushed and still;Suffering is my worship now.
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Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them.
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There is a joy in sorrow which none but a mourner can know.
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The last, best fruit that comes to perfection, even in the kindliest soul, is tenderness toward the hard; forbearance toward the unforbearing; warmth of heart toward the cold; and philanthropy toward the misanthropic.
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The wish falls often warm upon my heart that I may learn nothing here that I cannot continue in the other world; that I may do nothing here but deeds that will bear fruit in heaven.
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The past and future are veiled; but the past wears the widow's veil; the future, the virgin's.
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Age does not matter if the matter does not age.
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How calmly may we commit ourselves to the hands of Him who bears up the world!
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The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
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Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.