Mistrust the man who finds everything good; the man who finds everything evil; and still more the man who is indifferent to everything.
"Johann Kaspar" (or "Caspar") "Lavater" (15 November 1741 – 2 January 1801) was a Switzerland/Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, physiognomist and theologian.
If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous theologians! More Johann Kaspar Lavater on Wikipedia.He who reforms himself has done more toward reforming the public than a crowd of noisy, impotent patriots.
Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once.
Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action to all eternity.
To know yourself you have only to set down a true statement of those that ever loved or hated you.
Great minds comprehend more in a word, a look, a pressure of the hand than ordinary men in long conversations, or the most elaborate correspondence.
Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.
He who has not forgiven an enemy has not yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life.
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