Happiness gives us the energy which is the basis of health. — Henri Frederic Amiel Attitude Copy Share Image
Sadness takes up the pen more readily than joy. — Henri Frederic Amiel Inspirational 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
Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart. — Henri Frederic Amiel Greatness Copy Share Image
Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
A musical theme once exhausted, finds its due refuge and repose in silence. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
[T]he habit of scientific analysis ... exhausts the material offered to it... — Henri Frederic Amiel Analysis Copy Share Image
To be always ready a man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Order means light and peace, inward liberty and free command over one's self; order is power. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains. — Henri Frederic Amiel 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
To know where one is going and what one wishes - this is order ... to organize one's life to distribute one's… — Henri Frederic Amiel 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 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 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
The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret. — Henri Frederic Amiel Life 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
Before crime is committed conscience must be corrupted, and every bad man who succeeds in reaching a high point of wickedness begins… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
A woman is sometimes fugitive, irrational, indeterminable, illogical and contradictory. A great deal of forbearance ought to be shown her, and a… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
He who floats with the current, who does not guide himself according to higher principles, who has no ideal, no convictions-such a… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Mutual respect implies discretion and reserve even in love itself; it means preserving as much liberty as possible to those whose life… — Henri Frederic Amiel Desire Copy Share Image
To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Composition is a process of combination, in which thought puts together complementary truths, and talent fuses into harmony the most contrary qualities… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
To win true peace, a man needs to feel himself directed, pardoned, and sustained by a supreme power, to feel himself in… — Henri Frederic Amiel Calm Copy Share Image
Criticism is above all a gift, an intuition, a matter of tact and flair; it cannot be taught or demonstrated--it is an… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Whatever impatience we may feel towards our neighbor, and whatever indignation our race may rouse in us, we are chained one to… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Great men are the real men, in them nature has succeeded. — Henri Frederic Amiel Great men Copy Share Image
“Life is short. Be swift to love! Make haste to be kind!” — Henri Frederic Amiel Life Copy Share Image
Nothing resembles pride so much as discouragement. — Henri Frederic Amiel Discouragement Copy Share Image