The musician of the present day, not being able to give us what is beautiful, torments himself to give us what is… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
A man without passion is only a latent force, only a possibility, like a stone waiting for the blow from the iron… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Before giving advice we must have secured its acceptance, or, rather, have made it desired. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
He who is silent is forgotten; he who does not advance falls back; he who stops is overwhelmed; out distanced, crushed; he… — 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
It gives liberty and breadth to thought, to learn to judge our own epoch from the point of view of universal history,… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
It would have been a joy to me to be smiled upon, loved, encouraged, welcomed, and to obtain what I was so… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
One may guess the why and wherefore of a tear and yet find it too subtle to give any account of. A… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Composition is a process of combination, in which thought puts together complementary truths, and talent fuses into harmony the most contrary qualities… — 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
