The laws of animality govern almost the whole of history. — Henri Frederic Amiel History Copy Share Image
“Life is short. Be swift to love! Make haste to be kind!” — Henri Frederic Amiel Life Copy Share Image
Nothing resembles pride so much as discouragement. — Henri Frederic Amiel Discouragement Copy Share Image
Truth above all, even when it upsets us and overwhelms us. — Henri Frederic Amiel Truth Copy Share Image
The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings. — Henri Frederic Amiel Inner life Copy Share Image
Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for others is genius. — Henri Frederic Amiel Genius Copy Share Image
Righteous ends, thus approved, absolve of guilt the most violent means. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
“The man who has no inner life is the slave of his surroundings.” — Henri Frédéric Amiel Inner life Copy Share Image
There is no curing a sick man who believes himself to be in health. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves. — Henri Frederic Amiel Charm Copy Share Image
When everything has its proper place in our minds, we are able to stand in equilibrium with the rest of the world. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
As it is impossible to be outside God, the best is consciously to dwell in Him. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Before crime is committed conscience must be corrupted, and every bad man who succeeds in reaching a high point of wickedness begins… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Every situation is an equilibrium of forces; every life is a struggle between opposing forces working within the limits of a certain… — Henri Frederic Amiel Adversity Copy Share Image
True poetry is truer than science, because it is synthetic, and seizes at once what the combination of all the sciences is… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
To know where one is going and what one wishes - this is order ... to organize one's life to distribute one's… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Time is but the measure of the difficulty of a conception. Pure thought has scarcely any need of time, since it perceives… — Henri Frederic Amiel Clock Copy Share Image
There is an illusion of central position, justifying one's own purposes as right and everybody else¹s as wrong, and providing a proper… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
The masses are the material of democracy, but its form-that is to say, the laws which express the general reason, justice, and… — Henri Frederic Amiel Democracy 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
Heroism is the brilliant triumph of the soul over the flesh, that is to say over fear: fear of poverty, of suffering,… — Henri Frederic Amiel Death Copy Share Image
Whenever conscience speaks with a divided, uncertain, and disputed voice, it is not the voice of God. Descend still deeper into yourself,… — 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 Consideration Copy Share Image
What we call little things are merely the causes of great things; they are the beginning, the embryo, and it is the… — Henri Frederic Amiel Birth 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 Faith Copy Share Image
I can find no words for what I feel. My consciousness is withdrawn into itself; I hear my heart beating, and my… — Henri Frederic Amiel Age Copy Share Image
The philosopher is like a man fasting in the midst of universal intoxication. He alone perceives the illusion of which all creatures… — Henri Frederic Amiel Ability Copy Share Image
Great men are the real men, in them nature has succeeded. — Henri Frederic Amiel Great men Copy Share Image
Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you. — Henri Frederic Amiel Light Copy Share Image
To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Every man is a priest, even involuntarily; his conduct is an unspoken sermon, which is forever preaching to others. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in the folds of her mantle. — Henri Frederic Amiel Destiny Copy Share Image
The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms. — Henri Frederic Amiel Educational Copy Share Image
To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Only evil grows of itself, while for goodness we want effort and courage. — Henri Frederic Amiel Courage Copy Share Image
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