Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Future, Two, Destiny

Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Thankful, Gratitude, May

Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Life, Love, Time

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Respect, Self, Humility

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Good, Women, Pretty

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Good, Learn, Grace

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

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Duty, Useful, Desires

Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Music, Dream, Heaven

Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Intelligence, Heart, Becomes

I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Happy, Old, Tell

Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Truth, Everything, Making

Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Find, Others, Impossible

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Truth, Silence, May

Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Self, Soul, Emotion

Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Spirit, Condition, Landscape

Blessed be childhood, which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough earthliness.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Blessed, Down, Heaven

Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Success, Future, Everything

Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Faith, Doubt, Thought

Common sense is calculation applied to life.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Life, Sense, Common

Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Life, Experience, Sense

Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Joy, Liberty, Secret

Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in the folds of her mantle.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Family, Woman, Destiny

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Biography

Nationality: Swiss

Type: Philosopher

Born: September 27, 1821

Died: 1881

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