Joseph JoubertThinkers

Argument's aim should not be victory, but progress.

Attention is to say cautiously, and, as it were, drop by drop.

The Audience's attention is like a narrow mouthed vessel... pour into it what you have to say cautiously, and, as it were, drop by drop.

The Critic is, by nature, a middle-of-the-road man.

Dread is impending, one feels some relief when the trouble has come.

The Father is one who, in everything he says, must inspire one or the other, love or fear.

Genitals looks either like a gaping wound or a skinned eel.

God is easy to understand as long as you don't try to explain Him.

Grace imitates modesty, as politeness imitates kindness.

Hatred is a praiseworthy emotion if provoked in us by a lively love of good.