All Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes
- To depersonalize man is the dominant drift of our times. Depersonalize
- Our true history is scarcely ever deciphered by others. The chief part of the drama is a monologue, or rather an intimate debate between God,… All
- A woman is sometimes fugitive, irrational, indeterminable, illogical and contradictory. A great deal of forbearance ought to be shown her, and a good deal of… All
- We only understand that which already is within us. Funny
- To win true peace, a man needs to feel himself directed, pardoned, and sustained by a supreme power, to feel himself in the right road,… Calm
- [T]he habit of scientific analysis ... exhausts the material offered to it... Analysis
- I do not deny the rights of democracy, but I have no illusions as to the uses that will be made of those rights so… Abundant
- How, then, find the courage for action? By slipping a little into unconsciousness, spontaneity, instinct which holds one to the earth and dictates the relatively… Accepting
- Doubt is the accomplice of tyranny. Accomplice
- Common sense is the measure of the possible. Common
- Unconsciousness, spontaneity, instinct ... hold us to the earth and dictate the relatively good and useful. Dictate
- Time is the supreme illusion. It is but the inner prism by which we decompose being and life, the mode under which we perceive successively… Decompose
- Time and space are fragments of the infinite for the use of finite creatures. Creatures
- Almost everything comes from almost nothing. Almost Everything
- To know how to suggest is the art of teaching. Art
- We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves. Discontent
- So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being. -Henri Capable
- To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy. Conquer
- Civilization is first of all a moral thing. Without truth, respect for duty, love of neighbor, and virtue, everything is destroyed. The morality of a… All
- To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do what is impossible for talent is the mark of genius. Difficult
- Order is power. Order
- So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being. Capable
- All we need is the truth in our hand. Someone to call a friend. Never fear the darkness. All we need is just the sun… All
- A lively, disinterested, persistent liking for truth is extraordinarily rare. Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not to be troubled or… Action
- Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us. Oh… Courage