Truth, wisdom, love, seek reasons; malice only seeks causes. Johann Kaspar Lavater More Quotes by Johann Kaspar Lavater More Quotes From Johann Kaspar Lavater Thinkers are as scarce as gold. Johann Kaspar Lavater scarce thinker gold He who always seeks more light the more he finds, and finds more the more he seeks, is one of the few happy mortals who take and give in every point of time. The tide and ebb of giving and receiving is the sum of human happiness, which he alone enjoys who always wishes to acquire new knowledge, and always finds it. Johann Kaspar Lavater light wish giving The obstinacy of the indolent and weak is less conquerable than that of the fiery and bold. Johann Kaspar Lavater fiery obstinacy weak Obstinacy is the strength of the weak. Firmness founded upon principle, upon the truth and right, order and law, duty and generosity, is the obstinacy of sages. Johann Kaspar Lavater generosity law order He surely is most in need of another's patience, who has none of his own. Johann Kaspar Lavater patience needs He has oratory who ravishes his hearers while he forgets himself. Johann Kaspar Lavater forget-him oratory forget As your enemies and your friends, so are you Johann Kaspar Lavater character enemy The countenance is more eloquent than the tongue. Johann Kaspar Lavater eloquent tongue faces Too much gravity argues a shallow mind. Johann Kaspar Lavater too-much mind arguing There is no mortal truly wise and restless at once; wisdom is the repose of minds. Johann Kaspar Lavater restless wise mind The worst of all knaves are those who can mimic their former honesty. Johann Kaspar Lavater knaves knavery honesty Sensibility is the power of woman. Johann Kaspar Lavater sensibility women The greatest of characters, no doubt, would be he, who, free of all trifling accidental helps, could see objects through one grand immutable medium, always at hand, and proof against illusion and time, reflecting every object in its true shape and colour through all the fluctuation of things. Johann Kaspar Lavater truth character hands The miser robs himself. Johann Kaspar Lavater misers Man without religion is a diseased creature, who would persuade himself he is well and needs not a physician; but woman without religion is raging and monstrous. Johann Kaspar Lavater physicians men religion He whom common, gross, or stale objects allure, and when obtained, content, is a vulgar being, incapable of greatness in thought or action. Johann Kaspar Lavater greatness action common The mingled incentives which lead to action are often too subtle and lie too deep for us to analyze. Johann Kaspar Lavater incentives action lying Half talent is no talent. Johann Kaspar Lavater mediocrity talent half Modesty is silent when it would be improper to speak; the humble, without being called upon, never recollects to say anything of himself. Johann Kaspar Lavater humble would-be say-anything True philosophy is that which renders us to ourselves, and all others who surround us, better, and at the same time more content, more patient, more calm and more ready for all decent and pure enjoyment. Johann Kaspar Lavater calm patient philosophy
