All Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes
- Society lives by faith, and develops by science. Develops
- The only substance properly so called is the soul. Called
- It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing… Affirming
- To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest; we must… Able
- Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults, a gigantic scaffolding whose object is to hide from us our favorite… Apology
- There is no curing a sick man who believes himself to be in health. Believe
- Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary - they are in the true order. It is… Extraordinary
- We are always making God our accomplice so that we may legalize our own inequities. Accomplice
- There is an illusion of central position, justifying one's own purposes as right and everybody else¹s as wrong, and providing a proper degree of paranoia.… Absolve
- Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library. All
- You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering. Art
- A modest garden contains, for those who know how to look and to wait, more instruction than a library. Contains
- Accept life, and you must accept regret. Accept
- He who is silent is forgotten; he who does not advance falls back; he who stops is overwhelmed; out distanced, crushed; he who ceases t… Advance
- Hope is only the love of life. Hope
- Analysis kills spontaneity. Analysis
- Let the living live; and you, gather together your thoughts, leave behind you a legacy of feeling and ideas; you will be most useful so. Behind
- Oh be swift to live, make haste to be kind. Haste
- Kindness is gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us. Dark
- Man never knows what he wants; he aspires to penetrate mysteries and as soon as he has, wants to re-establish them. Ignorance irritates him and… Aspires
- Love is faith and one faith leads to another. Faith
- Doubt of the reality of love ends by making us doubt everything. Doubt
- Mozart has the classic purity of light and the blue ocean; Beethoven the romantic grandeur which belongs to the storms of air and sea, and… Air
- To learn new habits is everything, for it is to reach the substance of life. Life is but a tissue of habits. Habit
- Life is an apprenticeship to the constant renunciations, to the steady failure of our claims, our hopes, our powers, our liberty. Apprenticeship