Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Faith is certitude without proofs ... Faith is a sentiment, for it is a hope; it is an instinct, for it precedes… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
To win true peace, a man needs to feel himself directed, pardoned, and sustained by a supreme power, to feel himself in… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
[I]t is truth alone-scientific, established, proved, and rational truth-which is capable of satisfying nowadays the awakened minds of all classes. We may… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
A lively, disinterested, persistent liking for truth is extraordinarily rare. Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not to… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
“He who floats with the current, who does not guide himself according to higher principles, who has no ideal, no convictions –… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
The efficacy of religion lies precisely in what is not rational, philosophic, nor eternal; its efficacy lies in the unforeseen, the miraculous,… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
There is only one way of not hating those who do us wrong, and that is by doing them good. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share
Latent genius is but a presumption. Everything that can be, is bound to come into being, and what never comes into being is nothing. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share
Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us.… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share
Each bud flowers but once and each flower has but its minute of perfect beauty; so, in the garden of the soul each feeling… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share
We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share
Only evil grows of itself, while for goodness we want effort and courage. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share
A man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied; he must know how to disengage what is essential from… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share
Our greatest illusion is to believe that we are what we think ourselves to be. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share
Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share
The philosopher aspires to explain away all mysteries, to dissolve them into light. Mystery on the other hand is demanded and pursued by the… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share
The growth and development of the soul is more important than power and glory. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share
He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share
Christianity, if it is to triumph over pantheism, must absorb it. To our pusillanimous eyes Jesus would have borne the marks of a hateful… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share
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