The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings. — Henri Frederic Amiel Inner life Copy Share Image
“The man who has no inner life is the slave of his surroundings.” — Henri Frédéric 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
If man was what he ought to be, he would be adored by the animals. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Unconsciousness, spontaneity, instinct ... hold us to the earth and dictate the relatively good and useful. — Henri Frederic Amiel Earth Copy Share Image
Blessed be childhood, which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough earthliness. — Henri Frederic Amiel Blessed Copy Share Image
Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false. — Henri Frederic Amiel Materialism Copy Share Image
Criticism is above all a gift, an intuition, a matter of tact and flair; it cannot be taught or demonstrated--it is an… — Henri Frederic Amiel Art Copy Share Image
Men of genius supply the substance of history, while the mass of men are but the critical filter, the limiting, slackening, passive… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful,… — Henri Frederic Amiel Feminism Copy Share Image
Liberty, equality - bad principles! The only true principle for humanity is justice; and justice to the feeble is protection and kindness. — Henri Frederic Amiel Compassion 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 Astronomy Copy Share Image
Everything which is, is thought, but not conscious and individual thought. The human intelligence is but the consciousness of being. It is… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Self-interest is an inexhaustible source of convenient illusions. The number of beings who wish to see truly is extraordinarily small. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Heroism is the brilliant triumph of the soul over the flesh - over fear...Heroism is the dazzling and glorious concentration of courage. — Henri Frederic Amiel 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
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 Atheism Copy Share Image
Man is a willful and covetous animal, who makes use of his intellect to satisfy his inclinations, but who cares nothing for… — Henri Frederic Amiel Animal Copy Share Image
How, then, find the courage for action? By slipping a little into unconsciousness, spontaneity, instinct which holds one to the earth and… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
How true it is that our destinies are decided by nothings and that a small imprudence helped by some insignificant accident, as… — Henri Frederic Amiel Accidents Copy Share Image
In order to see Christianity, one must forget all the Christians. — Henri Frederic Amiel Christian Copy Share Image
Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies. — Henri Frederic Amiel Great souls Copy Share Image
Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion. — Henri Frederic Amiel Communication Copy Share Image
True love is that which ennobles the personality, fortifies the heart, and sanctifies the existence. — Henri Frederic Amiel Existence Copy Share Image
Peace is not in itself a dream, but we know it only as the result of a momentary equilibrium--an accident. — Henri Frederic Amiel Accident Copy Share Image
Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
The ideal, after all, is true than the real: for the ideal is the eternal element in perishable things. — Henri Frederic Amiel Elements Copy Share Image
Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not. — Henri Frederic Amiel Grace Copy Share Image
For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will. — Henri Frederic Amiel Action Copy Share Image
Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers. — Henri Frederic Amiel Desire Copy Share Image
Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven. — Henri Frederic Amiel Dreams Copy Share Image
There are 2 sorts of pride: one in which we approve others, the other in which we cannot accept ourselves. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Mother of Marvels, mysterious and tender Nature, why do we not live more in thee. — Henri Frederic Amiel Inspirational 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 Doing good Copy Share Image
Our greatest illusion is to believe that we are what we think ourselves to be. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence. — Henri Frederic Amiel Faith Copy Share Image
A modest garden contains, for those who know how to look and to wait, more instruction than a library. — Henri Frederic Amiel Educational Copy Share Image
It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is. — Henri Frederic Amiel Expresses Copy Share Image
The art which is grand and yet simple is that which presupposes the greatest elevation both in artist and in public. — Henri Frederic Amiel Art Copy Share Image
