Jean PaulThinkers

Action is how one proves one's worth, not with one's mouth.

Atheism is a belief whose only genuine form is despair.

Character is not to be known from a friend because he is a mirror, on which the warmth of our breath impedes the clearness of the reflection.

Character is disclosed for one man when he describes another man's.

Courage is not blindly overlooking danger, but seeing it, and conquering it.

Courage is simply being frightened after a danger. A timid person, by contrast, is frightened before it, and a coward during it.

Danger is an event which a timid person is frightened before, a coward person during, and a courageous person after.

Death's darkness is like the evening twilight in that, to the dying, it makes all objects appear more lovely.

Despair is the only genuine atheism.

The Fault is rarely singular. In fact, people's chief fault is that they have so many small ones.

Flattery is easier than praise.

Forgiveness is the most beautiful thing about humanity. Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.