Truth above all, even when it upsets us and overwhelms us. — Henri Frederic Amiel Truth Copy Share Image
The laws of animality govern almost the whole of history. — Henri Frederic Amiel History Copy Share Image
If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion. — Henri Frederic Amiel Compulsion Copy Share Image
Only evil grows of itself, while for goodness we want effort and courage. — Henri Frederic Amiel Courage 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 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
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 Copy Share Image
There is no curing a sick man who believes himself to be in health. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves. — Henri Frederic Amiel Charm 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 Copy Share Image
It is dangerous to abandon one's self to the luxury of grief; it deprives one of courage, and even of the wish… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Man is saved by love and duty, and by the hope that springs from duty, or rather from the moral facts of… — Henri Frederic Amiel Consciousness Copy Share Image
He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less liable than anyone else to miss and… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
A man without passion is only a latent force, only a possibility, like a stone waiting for the blow from the iron… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
War is a brutal and fierce means of pacification; it means the suppression of resistance by the destruction or enslavement of the… — Henri Frederic Amiel Brutal Copy Share Image
Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Pay bad people with your goodness; fight their hatred with your kindness. Even if you do not achieve a victory over other… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Nature does at least what she can to translate into visible form the wealth of the creative formula. By the vastness of… — Henri Frederic Amiel Abyss 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
I have never felt any inward assurance of genius, or any presentiment of glory or of happiness. I have never seen myself… — Henri Frederic Amiel Absolutes 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
What we call little things are merely the causes of great things; they are the beginning, the embryo, and it is the… — Henri Frederic Amiel Birth Copy Share Image
“He who floats with the current, who does not guide himself according to higher principles, who has no ideal, no convictions –… — Henri Frederic Amiel Faith 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
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
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 Copy Share Image
As it is impossible to be outside God, the best is consciously to dwell in Him. — Henri Frederic Amiel 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
To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Every man is a priest, even involuntarily; his conduct is an unspoken sermon, which is forever preaching to others. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Men prefer the false due to habit, passion, will. Preference for truth is rare. Men are ruled by their fear of truth. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
He who is too much afraid of being duped has lost the power of being magnanimous. — Henri Frederic Amiel Distrust Copy Share Image
