"Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm." ― Jean Paul Topic(s): Inspirational More From Jean Paul "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." "Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it." "Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end." More In Inspirational "Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago."― Warren Buffett "The people of South Carolina support conservatives who are trying to push real change, and the people of South Carolina expect their presidential candidates to back them up when they show courage."― Nikki Haley "Think with your whole body."― Taisen Deshimaru