Great men are the real men, in them nature has succeeded. — Henri Frederic Amiel Great men Copy Share Image
To depersonalize man is the dominant drift of our times. — Henri Frederic Amiel Dominant Copy Share Image
Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves. — Henri Frederic Amiel Charm Copy Share Image
When everything has its proper place in our minds, we are able to stand in equilibrium with the rest of the world. — Henri Frederic Amiel Able Copy Share Image
As it is impossible to be outside God, the best is consciously to dwell in Him. — Henri Frederic Amiel Consciously Copy Share Image
Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you. — Henri Frederic Amiel Light Copy Share Image
The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms. — Henri Frederic Amiel Educational Copy Share Image
To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy. — Henri Frederic Amiel Conquer 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
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
Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it… — Henri Frederic Amiel Force 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 Breaths Copy Share Image
There is an illusion of central position, justifying one's own purposes as right and everybody else¹s as wrong, and providing a proper… — Henri Frederic Amiel Approved Copy Share Image
Time is but the measure of the difficulty of a conception. Pure thought has scarcely any need of time, since it perceives… — Henri Frederic Amiel Clock Copy Share Image
Every situation is an equilibrium of forces; every life is a struggle between opposing forces working within the limits of a certain… — Henri Frederic Amiel Adversity Copy Share Image
True poetry is truer than science, because it is synthetic, and seizes at once what the combination of all the sciences is… — Henri Frederic Amiel Able Copy Share Image
The masses are the material of democracy, but its form-that is to say, the laws which express the general reason, justice, and… — Henri Frederic Amiel Democracy Copy Share Image
The ideal doctor would be a man endowed with profound knowledge of life and of the soul, intuitively divining any suffering or… — Henri Frederic Amiel Be a man 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
[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… — Henri Frederic Amiel Awakened Copy Share Image
Whenever conscience speaks with a divided, uncertain, and disputed voice, it is not the voice of God. Descend still deeper into yourself,… — Henri Frederic Amiel Clear Copy Share Image
Heroism is the brilliant triumph of the soul over the flesh, that is to say over fear: fear of poverty, of suffering,… — Henri Frederic Amiel Death Copy Share Image
It would have been a joy to me to be smiled upon, loved, encouraged, welcomed, and to obtain what I was so… — Henri Frederic Amiel Consideration Copy Share Image
The philosopher is like a man fasting in the midst of universal intoxication. He alone perceives the illusion of which all creatures… — Henri Frederic Amiel Ability Copy Share Image
I can find no words for what I feel. My consciousness is withdrawn into itself; I hear my heart beating, and my… — Henri Frederic Amiel Age Copy Share Image
How true it is that our destinies are decided by nothings and that a small imprudence helped by some insignificant accident, as… — Henri Frederic Amiel Accidents Copy Share Image
“An error is the more dangerous the more truth it contains.” — Henri Frederic Amiel Dangerous Copy Share Image
Order means light and peace, inward liberty and free command over one's self; order is power. — Henri Frederic Amiel Command Copy Share Image
Only evil grows of itself, while for goodness we want effort and courage. — Henri Frederic Amiel Courage Copy Share Image
Clever people will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness. — Henri Frederic Amiel Clever Copy Share Image
It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is. — Henri Frederic Amiel Expresses Copy Share Image
The growth and development of the soul is more important than power and glory. — Henri Frederic Amiel Development 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
A modest garden contains, for those who know how to look and to wait, more instruction than a library. — Henri Frederic Amiel Educational Copy Share Image
Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence. — Henri Frederic Amiel Faith 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 Doing good Copy Share Image
Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers. — Henri Frederic Amiel Desire Copy Share Image
Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not. — Henri Frederic Amiel Grace Copy Share Image
For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will. — Henri Frederic Amiel Action Copy Share Image
![“[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 still say perhaps, 'faith governs the world,'-but the faith of the present is no longer in revelation or in the priest-it is in reason and in…” quote by Henri Frederic Amiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7b6/henri-frederic-amiel-1276_awakened_i-t-is-truth-alone-scientific-establishe_1150069.jpg)
