All Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes
- Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt. Action
- Common sense is calculation applied to life. Applied
- In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared. Affection
- Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in the folds of her mantle. Carries
- It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is. Doe
- The best path through life is the highway. Best
- An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains. Contains
- In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties. All
- Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral… All
- Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you. Been
- Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more. Analysis
- Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence. Every Life
- Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salvation of the rest. Death
- Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies. Been
- Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it can make transparent the mountains and everything that exists. Awake
- To marry unequally is to suffer equally. Equality
- To shun one's cross is to make it heavier. Cross
- Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth… Awaits
- Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious. Action
- Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing. Clever
- For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will. Action
- He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life. Anyone
- If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion. Compulsion
- Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion. Assimilated
- Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender. Animal