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Quotes by Jean Paul Richter
No one is so much alone in the universe as a denier of God. With an orphaned heart, which has lost the greatest of fathers, he stands mourning by the immeasurable corpse of nature, no longer moved and sustained by the Spirit of the universe.— filed under Atheism
The life of Christ concerns Him who, being the holiest. among the mighty, and the mightiest among the holy, lifted with His pierced hand empires off their hinges, and turned the stream of centuries out of its channel, and still governs the ages.— filed under Christ's Life and Ministry
The last, best fruit that comes to perfection, even in the kindliest soul, is tenderness toward the hard; forbearance toward the unforbearing; warmth of heart toward the cold; and philanthropy toward the misanthropic.— filed under Christians
The youth of the soul is everlasting, and eternity is youth.— filed under Eternity
When in your last hour (think of this) all faculty in the broken spirit shall fade away, and sink into inanity - imagination, thought, effort, enjoyment - then will the flower of belief, which blossoms even in the night, remain to refresh you with its fragrance in the last darkness.— filed under Faith In Christ
The grandest of heroic deeds are those which are performed within four walls and in domestic privacy.— filed under Heroism
One pound of learning requires ten pounds of common sense to apply it. The wish falls often warm upon my heart that I may learn nothing here that I cannot continue in the other world; that I may do nothing here but deeds that will bear fruit in heaven.— filed under Knowledge
The virtues, like the body, become strong more by labor than by nourishment.— filed under Labor
The miracles of earth are the laws of heaven.— filed under Miracles
Has it never occurred to us, when surrounded by sorrows, that they may be sent to us only for our instruction, as we darken the cages of birds when we wish to teach them to sing?— filed under Sorrow
To my Heavenly Father's will, And receive it hushed and still ; Suffering is my worship now.— filed under Suffering
How calmly may we commit ourselves to the hands of Him who bears up the world!— filed under Trust In God
Lift thyself up, look around, and see something higher and brighter than earth, earthworms, and earthly darkness.— filed under Worldliness