Old age takes from the man of intellect no qualities save those that are useless to wisdom.
Joseph JoubertI quit Paris unwillingly, because I must part from my friends; and I quit the country unwillingly, because I must part from myself.
Joseph JoubertI do not call reason that brutal reason which crushes with its weight what is holy and sacred, that malignant reason which delights in the errors it succeeds in discovering, that unfeeling and scornful reason which insults credulity.
Joseph JoubertChildren must be rendered reasonable, but not reasoners. The first thing to teach them is that it is reasonable for them to obey, and unreasonable for them to dispute.
Joseph Joubert