Selected quotes · 19
№ 01
“Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end.”
Jean Paul RichterGrowth
№ 02
“Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.”
Jean Paul RichterCourage
№ 03
“Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.”
Jean Paul RichterHappiness
№ 04
“What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease.”
Jean Paul RichterHappiness
№ 05
“A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.”
Jean Paul RichterCourage
№ 06
“Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.”
Jean Paul RichterWisdom
№ 07
“Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.”
Jean Paul RichterAction
№ 08
“Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.”
Jean Paul RichterWisdom
№ 09
“Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.”
Jean Paul RichterAction
№ 10
“A man never shows his own character so plainly as by his manner of portraying another's”
Jean Paul RichterWisdom
№ 11
“Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.”
Jean Paul RichterCreativity
№ 12
“Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.”
Jean Paul RichterSuccess
№ 13
“Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life.”
Jean Paul RichterLife
№ 14
“The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.”
Jean Paul RichterLife
№ 15
“Age does not matter if the matter does not age.”
Jean Paul RichterWisdom
№ 16
“God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul.”
Jean Paul RichterFaith
№ 17
“Live your life and forget your age.”
Jean Paul RichterLife
№ 18
“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.”
Jean Paul RichterFaith
№ 19
“The darkness of death is like the evening twilight; it makes all objects appear more lovely to the dying.”
Jean Paul RichterLife