Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations. Jean Paul Richter on action
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 Richter on beauty
Prayer purifies; it is a self-preached sermon. Jean Paul Richter on prayer
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. Jean Paul Richter on sorrow
There are souls which fall from heaven like flowers, but ere they bloom are crushed under the foul tread of some brutal hoof. Jean Paul Richter on soul
Time is a continual over-dropping of moments, which fall down one upon the other and evaporate. Jean Paul Richter on time