146 Quotes by Jean Paul

In science the new is an advance; but in morals, as contradicting our inner ideals and historic idols, it is ever a retrogression.

Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray.

It is easier and handier for men to flattery than to praise.

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

The happiness of life consists, like the day, not in single flashes (of light), but in one continuous mild serenity. The most beautiful period of the heart's existence is in this calm equable light, even although it be only moonshine or twilight. Now the mind alone can obtain for us this heavenly cheerfulness and peace.

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.

Romanticism is beauty without bounds-the beautiful infinite.

Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.

Without God there is for mankind no purpose, no goal, no hope, only a wavering future, an eternal dread of every darkness.