There is only one way of not hating those who do us wrong, and that is by doing them good. — Henri Frederic Amiel Hate 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… — Henri Frederic Amiel Bounds Copy Share Image
Knowledge, love, power-there is the complete life. — Henri Frederic Amiel Complete life 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… — Henri Frederic Amiel Life 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… — Henri Frederic Amiel Beauty 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 Courage 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… — Henri Frederic Amiel Able Copy Share Image
Our greatest illusion is to believe that we are what we think ourselves to be. — Henri Frederic Amiel Believe Copy Share Image
Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves. — Henri Frederic Amiel Charm 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… — Henri Frederic Amiel Aspire Copy Share Image
The growth and development of the soul is more important than power and glory. — Henri Frederic Amiel Development Copy Share Image
He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less liable than anyone else to miss and… — Henri Frederic Amiel Asks Copy Share Image
Christianity, if it is to triumph over pantheism, must absorb it. To our pusillanimous eyes Jesus would have borne the marks of… — Henri Frederic Amiel Biblical Copy Share Image
Life is an apprenticeship to the constant renunciations, to the steady failure of our claims, our hopes, our powers, our liberty. — Henri Frederic Amiel Apprenticeship Copy Share Image
Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in the folds of her mantle. — Henri Frederic Amiel Destiny Copy Share Image
I find myself regarding existence as though from beyond the tomb, from another world; all is strange to me; I am, as… — Henri Frederic Amiel Adrift Copy Share Image
Kindness is gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us. — Henri Frederic Amiel Dark Copy Share Image
Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful,… — Henri Frederic Amiel Intelligent Copy Share Image
Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false. — Henri Frederic Amiel Materialism Copy Share Image
Man is saved by love and duty, and by the hope that springs from duty, or rather from the moral facts of… — Henri Frederic Amiel Consciousness Copy Share Image
Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command. — Henri Frederic Amiel Command Copy Share Image
Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence. — Henri Frederic Amiel Faith Copy Share Image
Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies. — Henri Frederic Amiel Law Copy Share Image
