The obscure only exists that it may cease to exist. In it lies the opportunity of all victory and all progress. Whether… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and… — 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
Let the living live; and you, gather together your thoughts, leave behind you a legacy of feeling and ideas; you will be… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Our life is nothing, it is true, but our life is divine. A breath of nature annihilates us, but we surpass nature… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Life is but a daily oscillation between revolt and submission. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
To be misunderstood even by those whom one loves is the cross and bitterness of life. It is the secret of that… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Mutual respect implies discretion and reserve even in love itself; it means preserving as much liberty as possible to those whose life… — Henri Frederic Amiel 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 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
