Air Quote by Henri Frederic Amiel

“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

The man who has no inner life is a slave of his surroundings, as the barometer is the obedient servant of the air.

— Lisa Alther

The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings.

— Henri Frederic Amiel

A man who has no inner life is a slave to his surroundings.

— Ritu Ghatourey

“The man who articulate the movements of his inner life, who can give names to his varied experiences, need no longer be a victim…

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

The man who can articulate the movements of his inner life need no longer be a victim of himself, but is able slowly and…

— Henri Nouwen

He whose inflowing thoughts are dried up, who is unattached to food, whose dwelling place is an empty and imageless release - the way…

— Gautama Buddha

Every man gravitates to where he belongs in life, just as surely as water seeks and finds its level. His position is measured precisely…

— Andrew Carnegie

He who obeys, does not listen to himself!

— Friedrich Nietzsche

It is not the man who is beside himself, but he who is cool and collected,--who is master of his countenance, of his voice,…

— Denis Diderot

“The man who has no inner life is the slave of his surroundings.”

— Henri Frédéric Amiel

A man who is good from docility, and not from stern self-control, has no character.

— Henry Hazlitt