18 Quotes by Jean Paul Richter

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life.

As a man grows older it is harder and harder to frighten him.

The gaurdian angels of life sometimes fly so high as to be beyond our sight, but they are always looking down upon us.

Cheerfulness is the atmosphere in which all things thrive.

Only actions give life its strength, as only moderation gives it its charm.

Nothing is more beautiful than cheerfulness in an old face

The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world, but as in whispering galleries, they are clearly heard at the end and by posterity.

Individuality is everywhere to be spaced and respected as the root of everything good.

We take contradiction more easily than is supposed, if not violently given, even though it is well founded.