Liberty Quotes by Henri Frederic Amiel

9 Liberty quotes by Henri Frederic Amiel

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Amiel’s introspective thoughts treat liberty as a personal, existential quest. This concise set invites readers to contemplate the inner dimensions of freedom.

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Order means light and peace, inward liberty and free command over one's self; order is power.

Henri Frederic Amiel

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Life is an apprenticeship to the constant renunciations, to the steady failure of our claims, our hopes, our powers, our liberty.

Henri Frederic Amiel

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Philosophy means the complete liberty of the mind, and therefore independence of all social, political or religious prejudice... It loves one thing…

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Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.

Henri Frederic Amiel

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Liberty, equality - bad principles! The only true principle for humanity is justice; and justice to the feeble is protection and kindness.

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Mutual respect implies discretion and reserve even in love itself; it means preserving as much liberty as possible to those whose life…

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The obscure only exists that it may cease to exist. In it lies the opportunity of all victory and all progress. Whether…

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It gives liberty and breadth to thought, to learn to judge our own epoch from the point of view of universal history,…

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The philosopher is like a man fasting in the midst of universal intoxication. He alone perceives the illusion of which all creatures…

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There is only one way of not hating those who do us wrong, and that is by doing them good.

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Latent genius is but a presumption. Everything that can be, is bound to come into being, and what never comes into being is nothing.

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Order is power.

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Knowledge, love, power-there is the complete life.

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Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us.…

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Each bud flowers but once and each flower has but its minute of perfect beauty; so, in the garden of the soul each feeling…

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We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves.

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Only evil grows of itself, while for goodness we want effort and courage.

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A man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied; he must know how to disengage what is essential from…

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Our greatest illusion is to believe that we are what we think ourselves to be.

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Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.

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The philosopher aspires to explain away all mysteries, to dissolve them into light. Mystery on the other hand is demanded and pursued by the…

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The growth and development of the soul is more important than power and glory.

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He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life.

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Christianity, if it is to triumph over pantheism, must absorb it. To our pusillanimous eyes Jesus would have borne the marks of a hateful…

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