Jean Paul Richter Quotes


The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe. Jean Paul Richter Advice 244
A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another s. Jean Paul Richter Character 144
Death gives us sleep, eternal youth, and immortality. Jean Paul Richter Death 140
Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations. Jean Paul Richter Actions 119
Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows him. Jean Paul Richter Adversity 114
Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time. Jean Paul Richter Life 99
Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm. Jean Paul Richter Action 98
Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something. Jean Paul Richter Variety 96
It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them. Jean Paul Richter Motivational 86
The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven. Jean Paul Richter Miracles 86
There is a certain noble pride, through which merit shines brighter than through modesty. Jean Paul Richter Merit 83
Inspect the neighborhood of thy life; every shelf, every nook of thine abode. Jean Paul Richter Life 81
How narrow our souls become when absorbed in any present good or ill! It is only the thought of the future that makes them great. Jean Paul Richter Future 80
Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger. Jean Paul Richter Bravery 74
Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest. Jean Paul Richter Manners 74
Memory, wit, fancy, acuteness, cannot grow young again in old age, but the heart can. Jean Paul Richter Aging 72
Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out. Jean Paul Richter Memory 71
As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant regions they formerly concealed, so old age takes away our enjoyments only to enlarge the prospect of the coming eternity. Jean Paul Richter Aging 70
If self-knowledge is the road to virtue, so is virtue still more the road to self-knowledge. Jean Paul Richter Virtue 69
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 Richter Age 67
Never write on a subject until you have read yourself full of it. Jean Paul Richter Authors 65
Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it. Jean Paul Richter Bravery 64
I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more. Jean Paul Richter Success 61
Weaklings must lie. Jean Paul Richter Weakness 57
Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good; try to use ordinary situations. Jean Paul Richter Goodness 55
We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy who hates us. We cannot easily discover our real character from a friend. He is a mirror, on which the warmth of our breath impedes the clearness of the reflection. Jean Paul Richter Friends 54
Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and follows. Jean Paul Richter Friends 53
Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray. Jean Paul Richter Sadness 52
Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life. Jean Paul Richter Age 45
Never write on a subject without first having read yourself full on it; and never read on a subject till you have thought yourself hungry on it. Jean Paul Richter Reading 44
The last, best fruit which comes to late perfection, even in the kindliest soul, is tenderness toward the hard, forbearance toward the unforbearing, warmth of heart toward the cold, philanthropy toward the misanthropic. Jean Paul Richter Kindness 40
As a man grows older it is harder and harder to frighten him. Jean Paul Richter Aging 39
Individuality is everywhere to be spaced and respected as the root of everything good. Jean Paul Richter Individual 32

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