“Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.”
Jean Paul“Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time.”
Jean Paul“Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.”
Jean Paul“Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray.”
Jean Paul“Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.”
Jean Paul“There is a joy in sorrow which none but a mourner can know.”
Jean Paul“For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted.”
Jean Paul“A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.”
Jean Paul“Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.”
Jean Paul“God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul.”
Jean Paul“Beauty attracts us men; but if, like an armed magnet it is pointed, beside, with gold and silver, it attracts with tenfold power.”
Jean Paul