146 Quotes by Jean Paul

How alone everyone is in the vast tomb of the universe!

On the church vaulting above was the clock-face of eternity, void of number and serving as its own hand, only one black finger was pointing and the dead wanted to tell the time by it.

Bücher lesen heißt wandern gehen in ferne Welten, aus den Stuben über die Sterne

She knew of a woman who had entered such a bargain at a large automobile manufacturer in 1973 and successfully managed to keep her accounting position for over four decades.

the flute is the true magical rod that changes all it touches in the inward world; an enchanter's wand at which the secret depths of the soul open. The inward world is the true world," said Vult; "the moonlight that shines into our hearts.

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.

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

God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul.

There are so many tender and holy emotions flying about in our inward world, which, like angels, can never assume the body of an outward act; so many rich and lovely flowers spring up which bear no seed, that it is a happiness poetry was invented, which receives into its limbs all these incorporeal spirits, and the perfume of all these flowers.