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 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
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
Religion is not a method, it is a life, a higher and supernatural life, mystical in its root and practical in its… — 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
The tragic solemnity of existence strikes us with terrible force on that morning when we wake to find the mournful words "too… — Henri Frederic Amiel 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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Only evil grows of itself, while for goodness we want effort and courage. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
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 Image
Our greatest illusion is to believe that we are what we think ourselves to be. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
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 Image
