There are single thoughts that contain the essence of a whole volume, single sentences that have the beauties of a large work.
Joseph JoubertReligion is neither a theology nor a theosophy; it is more than that, it is a discipline, a law, a yoke, an indissoluble engagement.
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 JoubertWords, like glasses, obscure everything they do not make clear. Before using a fine word, make a place for it.
Joseph JoubertFancy, an animal faculty, is very different from imagination, which is intellectual. The former is passive; but the latter is active and creative. Children, the weak minded, and the timid are full of fancy. Men and women of intellect, of great intellect, are alone possessed of great imagination.
Joseph Joubert