“At the bottom of the modern man there is always a great thirst for self-forgetfulness, self-distraction; he has a secret horror of all which makes him feel his own littleness; the eternal, the infinite, perfection, therefore scare and terrify him.… — Henri-Frédéric Amiel Copy Share Image
“Dare to be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not and to believe in your… — Henri-Frédéric Amiel Copy Share Image
“Hindoo wisdom long ago regarded the world as the dream of Brahma. Must we hold with Fichte that it is the individual dream of… — Henri-Frédéric Amiel Copy Share Image
“Life is short and we never have enough time for the hearts of those who travel the way with us. O, be swift to… — Henri-Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
These pages reproduce me very imperfectly, and there are many things in me of which I find no trace in them.I suppose it is because, in the first place, sadness takes up the pen more readily than joy; and, in the next, because I depend so much upon surrounding circumstances. When there is no call upon me, and nothing to… — Henri-Frédéric Amiel Copy Share
“Life is short. We don't have much time to gladden the hearts of those who walk this way with us. So, be swift to… — Henri-Frédéric Amiel Copy Share Image
“In these moments of tête-à-tête with the infinite, how different life looks! How all that usually occupies and excites us becomes suddenly puerile, frivolous,… — Henri-Frédéric Amiel Copy Share Image
“Feebleness of will brings about weakness of head, and the abyss, in spite of its horror, comes to fascinate us, as though it were… — Henri-Frédéric Amiel Copy Share Image
“It is not what he has, nor even what he does, which directly expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.” — Henri-Frédéric Amiel Copy Share Image
“At the bottom of the modern man there is always a great thirst for self-forgetfulness, self-distraction; he has a secret horror of all which… — Henri-Frédéric Amiel Copy Share Image
“Reality, the present, the irreparable, the necessary, repel and even terrify me. I have too much imagination, conscience, and penetration and not enough character.… — Henri-Frédéric Amiel Copy Share Image
