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Mind Quotes by Henri Frederic Amiel

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Henri Frederic Amiel’s mind‑themed snippets blend philosophical depth with poetic phrasing, offering concise, reflective insights. The short set feels like a quiet meditation on inner life.

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When everything has its proper place in our minds, we are able to stand in equilibrium with the rest of the world.

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At bottom there is but one subject of study: the forms and metamorphoses of mind. All other subjects may be reduced to…

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The mind must have for ballast the clear conception of duty, if it is not to fluctuate between levity and despair.

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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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There is no repose for the mind except in the absolute; for feeling, except in the infinite; for the soul, except in…

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Nature does at least what she can to translate into visible form the wealth of the creative formula. By the vastness of…

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[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…

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The efficacy of religion lies precisely in what is not rational, philosophic, nor eternal; its efficacy lies in the unforeseen, the miraculous,…

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Everything which is, is thought, but not conscious and individual thought. The human intelligence is but the consciousness of being. It is…

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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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