On the church vaulting above was the clock-face of eternity, void of number and serving as its own hand, only one black finger was pointing and the dead wanted to tell the time by it. - Jean Paul Friedrich Richter
Courage consists, not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing and conquering it. - Jean Paul Friedrich Richter
How alone everyone is in the vast tomb of the universe! - Jean Paul Friedrich Richter
Music is the moonlight in the gloomy night of life. - Jean Paul Friedrich Richter
Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness or else forgiving another. - Jean Paul Friedrich Richter
The Fates and Furies, as well as the Graces and Sirens, glide with linked hands over life. - Jean Paul Friedrich Richter
Fine minds are seldom fine souls. - Jean Paul Friedrich Richter