When one has too great a dread of what is impending, one feels some relief when the trouble has come. – Joseph Joubert
We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future. – Joseph Joubert

When one has too great a dread of what is impending, one feels some relief when the trouble has come. – Joseph Joubert
We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future. – Joseph Joubert
Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other. – Joseph Joubert
One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet. – Joseph Joubert
What creates freedom? A revolution in the streets? Mass protest? Civil war? A change of government? The ousting of the old guard and its replacement by the new? History, more often than not, shows that hopes raised by such events are often dashed, sooner rather than later. – Jonathan Sacks