Jean Paul Richter

Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.

Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.

Altruism • Improvement • Motivational

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.

Forgiveness • Human • Prayer

What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease.

What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease.

Age • Hope • Sadness

Live your life and forget your age.

Live your life and forget your age.

Age • Life • Motivational

Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.

Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.

Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.

Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.

Discipline • Growth • Improvement

Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life.

Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life.

Age • Beauty • Life

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

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

Courage • Danger • Overcoming

Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them.

Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them.

Adversity • Overcoming • Perseverance

God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul.

God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul.

Philosophy • Religion • Spirituality

Age does not matter if the matter does not age.

Age does not matter if the matter does not age.

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

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

Awareness • Life • Mortality

Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.

Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.

Bravery • Courage • Cowardice

Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.

Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.

Change • Character

The darkness of death is like the evening twilight; it makes all objects appear more lovely to the dying.

The darkness of death is like the evening twilight; it makes all objects appear more lovely to the dying.

Beauty • Death • Mortality

Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.

Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.

Art • Inspiration • Life

Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end.

Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end.

Clarity • Journey • Life

A man never shows his own character so plainly as by his manner of portraying another's

A man never shows his own character so plainly as by his manner of portraying another's

Behavior • Character • Communication