Has it never occurred to us, when surrounded by sorrows, that they may be sent to us only for our instruction, as… — Jean Paul Bird Copy Share Image
The burden of suffering seems a tombstone hung about our necks, while in reality it is only the weight which is necessary… — Jean Paul Burden Copy Share Image
We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy who hates us. We cannot easily discover… — Jean Paul Character Copy Share Image
Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray. — Jean Paul Black Copy Share Image
Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are… — Jean Paul Cowardly Copy Share Image
The happiness of life consists, like the day, not in single flashes (of light), but in one continuous mild serenity. The most… — Jean Paul Beautiful Copy Share Image
Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, it is, for that reason, to be of… — Jean Paul Beats Copy Share Image
“On the church vaulting above was the clock-face of eternity, void of number and serving as its own hand, only one black… — Jean Paul Atheism Copy Share Image
The darkness of death is like the evening twilight; it makes all objects appear more lovely to the dying. — Jean Paul Darkness Copy Share Image
The heart needs not for its heaven much space, nor many stars therein, if only the star of love has arisen. — Jean Paul Astronomy Copy Share Image
Without God there is for mankind no purpose, no goal, no hope, only a wavering future, an eternal dread of every darkness. — Jean Paul Darkness Copy Share Image
In later life, as in earlier, only a few persons influence the formation of our character; the multitude pass us by like… — Jean Paul Army Copy Share Image
For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted. — Jean Paul Health Copy Share Image
Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm. — Jean Paul Dew Copy Share Image
Flowers never emit so sweet and strong a fragrance as before a storm. When a storm approaches thee, be as fragrant as… — Jean Paul Approach Copy Share Image
Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life. — Jean Paul Evening Copy Share Image
The gymnasium of running, walking on stilts, climbing, etc. stells and makes hardy single powers and muscles, but dancing, like a corporeal… — Jean Paul Climbing Copy Share Image
Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of… — Jean Paul Air Copy Share Image
