[T]he habit of scientific analysis ... exhausts the material offered to it... — Henri Frederic Amiel Analysis 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
Kindness is gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us. — Henri Frederic Amiel Dark Copy Share Image
Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them. — Henri Frederic Amiel Destiny Copy Share Image
In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties. — Henri Frederic Amiel Freedom Copy Share Image
To learn new habits is everything, for it is to reach the substance of life. Life is but a tissue of habits. — Henri Frederic Amiel Habit Copy Share Image
A microscopic phantom of the universe; this is all that we are able to be. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender. — Henri Frederic Amiel Animal Copy Share Image
Learn to limit yourself; to content yourself with some definite work; dare to be what you are and learn to resign with… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Philosophy means the complete liberty of the mind, and therefore independence of all social, political or religious prejudice... It loves one thing… — Henri Frederic Amiel Freedom Copy Share Image
The tragic solemnity of existence strikes us with terrible force on that morning when we wake to find the mournful words "too… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Obstinacy is will asserting itself without being able to justify itself. It is persistence without a reasonable motive. It is the tenacity… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
The more a man loves, the more he suffers. The sum of possible grief for each soul is in proportion to its… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
The philosopher aspires to explain away all mysteries, to dissolve them into light. Mystery, on the other hand, is demanded and pursued… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do what is impossible for talent is the… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
The test of every religious, political, or educational system, is the man which it forms. If a system injures the intelligence it… — Henri Frederic Amiel Character 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
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
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
Whenever conscience speaks with a divided, uncertain, and disputed voice, it is not the voice of God. Descend still deeper into yourself,… — Henri Frederic Amiel 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
From every spot on earth we are equally near heaven and the infinite. — Henri Frederic Amiel Earth Copy Share Image
Before giving advice we must have secured its acceptance, or, rather, have made it desired. — Henri Frederic Amiel Acceptance Copy Share Image
There is no respect for others without humility in one's self. — Henri Frederic Amiel Humility Copy Share Image
Nothing is more characteristic of a man than the manner in which he behaves toward fools. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel. — Henri Frederic Amiel Age Copy Share Image
Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious. — Henri Frederic Amiel Action Copy Share Image
A thousand things advance; nine hundred and ninety nine retreat; That is progress. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being. — Henri Frederic Amiel Being Copy Share Image
To understand is to possess the thing understood, first by sympathy and then by intelligence. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
What we call little things are merely the causes of great things. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
At bottom, everything depends upon the presence or absence of one single element in the soul - HOPE — Henri Frederic Amiel Absence Copy Share Image
Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Man is a passion which brings a will into play, which works an intelligence. — Henri Frederic Amiel Intelligence Copy Share Image
Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven. — Henri Frederic Amiel Dreams Copy Share Image
There are 2 sorts of pride: one in which we approve others, the other in which we cannot accept ourselves. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers. — Henri Frederic Amiel Desire Copy Share Image
The ideal, after all, is true than the real: for the ideal is the eternal element in perishable things. — Henri Frederic Amiel Elements Copy Share Image
Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not. — Henri Frederic Amiel Grace Copy Share Image
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