Joseph Joubert Quotes

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

No one can travel your own road for you; you must travel it for yourself. My faith in this stems from my childhood. I grew up in a family with a system of religious beliefs handed down to me.

Every man's path is for himself; let him accomplish his own desires that he may thus be able to rise above them to the eternal goal.

All my days I have longed equally to travel the right road and to take my own errant path.

Not to have known - as most men have not - either the mountain or the desert is not to have known one's self. Not to have known one's self is to have known no one.

The soul begins to travel when the child begins to think.

Welcome to those who believe in the power of dreams and who would like to join me in my exploration of life.

A good traveller is one who knows how to travel with the mind.

We can't reach old age by another man's road.

In some ways Holy Smoke is about people's journey to the heart.

Clearly I miss Him, having been brought up in religion. But now a man must be responsible to himself.

Never be led in new paths by the blind

the buddhists say there are 149 ways to god. i'm not looking for god, only for myself, and that is far more complicated.

There are all kinds of ways to challenge ourselves. Some people do it by climbing a mountain or scuba diving. The most profound and challenging ordeals is to drink Ayahuasca. It is in a way the ultimate adventure.

Meditation is a good starting point, or even a little bit of contemplative reflection, asking questions like: Who am I without my name or form? What is my purpose if there is one? What do I want out of my life? What am I grateful for? Just a little bit of reflection like that starts you on the journey.

My advice to you is not to undertake the spiritual path. It is too difficult, too long, and is too demanding. I suggest you ask for your money back, and go home. This is not a picnic. It is really going to ask everything of you. So, it is best not to begin. However, if you do begin, it is best to finish.

This is where you can find your soul if you dare. Where you can touch that part of you that you've never dared look at before. Do not come here and ask me to show you how to draw a face. Ask me to help you find the wind.

Every man must get to Heaven his own way.

This is your life - you must die by yourself, so for heaven's sake, live for yourself and no one else. . . .

I hoped that the trip would be the best of all journeys: a journey into ourselves.

Create the way by your walking; you will not find a ready-made path

The idea of going on a spiritual journey is really part of the DNA of India itself.

A wise man travels to discover himself.

Life seems to be an experience in ascending and descending. You think you're beginning to live for a single aim - for self-development, or the discovery of cosmic truths - when all you're really doing is to move from place to place as if devoted primarily to real estate.